奪 means “snatch, seize”

うばう · ubau

Also: rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うばう

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

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JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

A big (大) bird (隹) slipping out of a hand (寸): the oldest dictionary says 奪 is losing a bird you held. Now it is the grab itself: 奪う is to take by force, 強奪 robbery, and a 争奪戦 is a scramble for a prize.

Used in 奪う (ubau, to snatch/rob), 強奪 (goudatsu, robbery/seizure), and 争奪戦 (soudatsusen, battle for a prize)

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