盗 means “steal”

ぬすむ · nusumu

Also: rob, pilfer

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ぬすむ, ぬすみ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ

JLPT N3 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

A gaping mouth (欠) with drops of drool (冫) over someone else's dish (皿): wanting turns into taking. 盗む is to steal, 強盗 is robbery, and signs reading 盗難注意, beware of theft, hang over bicycle parking.

Used in 盗む (nusumu, to steal), 強盗 (goutou, robbery/robber), and 盗難 (tounan, theft)

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