懂中文 Dong Chinese

夺

duó

take by force

Simplified form of 奪. Depicts a hand (寸) snatching a bird (隹). The top component was originally 衣 (clothes), depicting a person holding a bird in their clothes, but later it was reanalyzed as a phonetic component, written as either 兌 or 大.

Components
大 sound component

大  Sound component

dà, dài

  

big

隹 deleted component

隹  Deleted component

zhuī

  

bird

寸 iconic component

寸  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Evolution

夺 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
夺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夺 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
夺 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
夺 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

夺 (奪) 

duó

take by force, rob, snatch; to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose

Most common words with 夺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

夺

to seize

争夺

to fight over

夺得

to wrest

夺冠

to seize the crown

剥夺

to deprive