Chinese Character 夺 Meanings and components.

Form

夺

Meaning

夺 meaning^[3] in English

To Seize.

To Take Away Forcibly.

To Wrest Control Of.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 夺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are big (大) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical^[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with KDI

How to write 夺

To write夺duo2to seize you should write a combination of 大da4big , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吕 shape:

大 + 寸 = 夺

夺 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 夺 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 夺, looks as follow:

夺

Pinyin:duo2 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: 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

大

Pinyin:da4

Meaning^[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

寸

Pinyin:cun4

Meaning^[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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