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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

974 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp

Kunyomi: うば.う

Onyomi: ダツ

Composition: 奞 寸

奪

Radical

Radical: 大

Meaning: big, very

Reading: だい

Frequency: 132

大

Examples

Onyomi Examples

奪三振 (ダツサンシン) striking a batter out

奪三振王 (ダツサンシンオウ) (season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs

争奪 (ソウダツ) struggle (for), scramble, contest

収奪 (シュウダツ) plundering, exploitation

Kunyomi Examples

奪う (うばう) to take (by force), to take away, to snatch, to steal, to rob (someone) of, to dispossess of, to deprive of, to usurp, to absorb (one's attention), to fascinate, to captivate, to charm, to dazzle

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