entries → 奪
TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
奪 =
ㄉㄨㄛˊ · duó
verb — to seize, snatch; to strip away

字源 FORM — what the parts do

the worn top — once a hand 又 over the bird
a short-tailed bird
a hand reaching
A hand (寸) clamps onto a bird (隹) — and it flutters loose. From the bird that almost got away comes the whole sense of 奪: to grab, to wrest, to take by force: 奪取、剝奪.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手()剛攥住鳥(),翅膀一撲——險些就奪走了。
The hand (寸) closes on the bird (隹); the wings beat once — and it is nearly wrested free.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)奪取— to seize, wrest away常用
剝奪— to strip away, deprive
奪冠— to take the title
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension