# 奪

| 奪 | U+596A, &#22890; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-596A |
| ← 奩 [U+5969] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 奫 → [U+596B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

奪 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大人土戈 (KOGI), four-corner 4034$_1$, composition ⿳大隹寸)

#### Derived characters

* 𡁯, 𡚞

#### Descendants

* 夺 (in simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 253, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5994
* Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 547, character 14
* Unihan data for U+596A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奪 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 衣 (“clothing”) + 雀 (“bird”) + 又 (“hand”) – a hand seizing a bird from someone.

### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with 脫 (OC *lˤot, “remove outer covering”) and 蛻 (OC *l̥ˤot-s, “exuviae (skin cast off during molting)”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duó (duo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dyut$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho̍t
* Eastern Min (BUC): duăk / dŏk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): duah$^7$ / duoh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): toa̍t / toa̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): doh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$deq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duó
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duó
*** Wade–Giles: to$^2$
*** Yale: dwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwo
*** Palladius: до (do)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dyut$^6$
*** Yale: dyuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: düd$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tyːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: tod
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tod$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰot̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: duăk / dŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /tuaʔ⁵/, /touʔ⁵/
* duăk - literary;
* dŏk - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: dwat
Rime :
| Character | 奪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒活切 |
| Baxter | dwat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /duɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /duɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /duɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | duó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dyut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.lˤot/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 奪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | duó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dwat › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.lˁot/ |
| English | seize |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||

#### Definitions

奪
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lose
* to seize; to take by force
    奪取／夺取 ― duóqǔ ― to seize
* to compete for and obtain
    奪得金牌／夺得金牌 ― duó dé jīnpái ― to carry off a gold medal
* to prevail over
    先聲奪人／先声夺人 ― xiānshēngduórén ― to overawe one's opponent first by a show of strength
* to deprive; to cause to lose
    剝奪／剥夺 ― bōduó ― to deprive; to strip
* (literary) to decide
    定奪／定夺 ― dìngduó ― to make a decision

#### Compounds

* 不奪農時 / 不夺农时
* 你爭我奪 / 你争我夺
* 侵奪 / 侵夺
* 傾奪 / 倾夺
* 光彩奪目 / 光彩夺目 (guāngcǎiduómù)
* 先聲奪人 / 先声夺人 (xiānshēngduórén)
* 光輝奪目 / 光辉夺目
* 削奪 / 削夺
* 剝奪 / 剥夺 (bōduó)
* 劫奪 / 劫夺 (jiéduó)
* 喧賓奪主 / 喧宾夺主 (xuānbīnduózhǔ)
* 天奪之魄 / 天夺之魄
* 奪人 / 夺人
* 奪休 / 夺休
* 奪冠 / 夺冠 (duóguàn)
* 奪取 / 夺取 (duóqǔ)
* 奪名 / 夺名
* 奪命 / 夺命
* 奪嫡 / 夺嫡
* 奪席談經 / 夺席谈经
* 奪彩 / 夺彩
* 奪志 / 夺志
* 奪情 / 夺情
* 奪手 / 夺手
* 奪格 / 夺格 (duógé)
* 奪標 / 夺标
* 奪權 / 夺权 (duóquán)
* 奪氣 / 夺气
* 奪目 / 夺目 (duómù)
* 奪眶而出 / 夺眶而出
* 奪職 / 夺职
* 奪胎換骨 / 夺胎换骨
* 奪舍 / 夺舍 (duóshè)
* 奪路 / 夺路 (duólù)
* 奪錦袍 / 夺锦袍
* 奪門而出 / 夺门而出
* 奪魂 / 夺魂
* 奪魁 / 夺魁 (duókuí)
* 奪魄 / 夺魄
* 婦奪夫權 / 妇夺夫权
* 定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
* 巧偷豪奪 / 巧偷豪夺
* 巧取豪奪 / 巧取豪夺 (qiǎoqǔháoduó)
* 巧奪天工 / 巧夺天工 (qiǎoduótiāngōng)
* 強奪 / 强夺 (qiángduó)
* 強詞奪理 / 强词夺理 (qiǎngcíduólǐ)
* 志不可奪 / 志不可夺
* 惡紫奪朱 / 恶紫夺朱
* 截奪 / 截夺 (jiéduó)
* 戴憑奪席 / 戴凭夺席
* 打奪 / 打夺
* 抄奪 / 抄夺
* 掠奪 / 掠夺 (lüèduó)
* 推奪 / 推夺
* 揣奪 / 揣夺
* 換骨奪胎 / 换骨夺胎
* 搶奪 / 抢夺 (qiǎngduó)
* 搶奪罪 / 抢夺罪
* 撦鼓奪旗 / 撦鼓夺旗
* 攙奪 / 搀夺
* 攘奪 / 攘夺
* 攙行奪市 / 搀行夺市
* 攫奪 / 攫夺 (juéduó)
* 斬將奪旗 / 斩将夺旗
* 暴取豪奪 / 暴取豪夺
* 替狗奪食 / 替狗夺食
* 橫刀奪愛 / 横刀夺爱 (héngdāoduó'ài)
* 殺生與奪 / 杀生与夺
* 氣消膽奪 / 气消胆夺
* 求名奪利 / 求名夺利
* 河川襲奪 / 河川袭夺
* 漁奪 / 渔夺
* 潛移陰奪 / 潜移阴夺
* 潛移默奪 / 潜移默夺
* 燦爛奪目 / 灿烂夺目
* 爭分奪秒 / 争分夺秒 (zhēngfēnduómiǎo)
* 爭名奪利 / 争名夺利 (zhēngmíngduólì)
* 爭奪 / 争夺 (zhēngduó)
* 爭權奪利 / 争权夺利 (zhēngquánduólì)
* 生奪硬搶 / 生夺硬抢
* 生死與奪 / 生死与夺
* 生殺予奪 / 生杀予夺 (shēngshāyǔduó)
* 生殺與奪 / 生杀与夺 (shēngshāyǔduó)
* 神分志奪 / 神分志夺
* 神搖意奪 / 神摇意夺
* 篡奪 / 篡夺 (cuànduó)
* 裁奪 / 裁夺 (cáiduó)
* 褒貶與奪 / 褒贬与夺
* 褫奪 / 褫夺 (chǐduó)
* 褫奪公權 / 褫夺公权 (chǐduó gōngquán)
* 襲奪 / 袭夺
* 襲奪河 / 袭夺河
* 訛奪 / 讹夺 (éduó)
* 詐取豪奪 / 诈取豪夺
* 豔麗奪目 / 艳丽夺目
* 豪奪 / 豪夺
* 豪奪巧取 / 豪夺巧取
* 起奪 / 起夺
* 蹊田奪牛 / 蹊田夺牛
* 輝煌奪目 / 辉煌夺目
* 迷魂奪魄 / 迷魂夺魄
* 酌奪 / 酌夺
* 銷魂奪魄 / 销魂夺魄
* 閉口奪氣 / 闭口夺气
* 鮮豔奪目 / 鲜艳夺目
* 鰲裡奪尊 / 鳌里夺尊
* 鳩奪鵲巢 / 鸠夺鹊巢 (jiūduóquècháo)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duì (dui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duèi
*** Wade–Giles: tui$^4$
*** Yale: dwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duey
*** Palladius: дуй (duj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

奪
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name of an ancient place

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “夺”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 58.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to rob; to snatch

#### Readings

* Go-on: だつ (datsu, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: たつ (tatsu)
* Kun: うばう (ubau, 奪う, Jōyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

奪 • (tal) (hangeul 탈, revised tal, McCune–Reischauer t'al)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

奪: Hán Nôm readings: đoạt, sáo, xạo
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