奪

奪 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大人土戈 (KOGI), four-corner 4034₁, composition ⿳大隹寸)

• 𡁯, 𡚞

• 夺 (in simplified Chinese)

• KangXi: page 253, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5994
• Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 547, character 14
• Unihan data for U+596A

Historical forms of the character 奪
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 衣 (“clothing”) + 雀 (“bird”) + 又 (“hand”) – a hand seizing a bird from someone.

奪

1. ^† to lose
2. to seize; to take by force

   奪取／夺取  ―  duóqǔ  ―  to seize

3. to compete for and obtain

   奪得金牌／夺得金牌  ―  duó dé jīnpái  ―  to carry off a gold medal

4. to prevail over

   先聲奪人／先声夺人  ―  xiānshēngduórén  ―  to overawe one's opponent first by a show of strength

5. to deprive; to cause to lose

   剝奪／剥夺  ―  bōduó  ―  to deprive; to strip

6. (literary) to decide

   定奪／定夺  ―  dìngduó  ―  to make a decision

奪

1. ^† name of an ancient place

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to rob; to snatch

• Go-on: だつ (datsu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たつ (tatsu)
• Kun: うばう (ubau, 奪う, Jōyō)

奪 • (tal) (hangeul 탈, revised tal, McCune–Reischauer t'al)

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奪: Hán Nôm readings: đoạt, sáo, xạo

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