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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: big, very

Examples

Onyomi Examples

三振 ダツサンシン striking a batter out

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

ソウダツ struggle (for), scramble, contest

シュウダツ plundering, exploitation

Kunyomi Examples

うばう to snatch away, to dispossess, to steal