掠
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to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 手 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 掠
- Common rank
- #2,599
- Unicode
- U+63A0
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
pillage · Heisig RSH #1853
fingers + 京 capital
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 掠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浮光掠影 | flickering light and passing shadows (idiom); blurred scenery; cursory; superficial | |
| 前掠翼 | swept-forward wing (on jet fighter) | |
| 掠美 | to claim credit due to others | |
| 掠过 | to flit across; to sweep past; to glance (strike at an angle) | |
| 掠食 | to prey on; predation; predatory | |
| 飞掠 | to fly past; to sweep past (at close range); (of a spacecraft) to do a flyby (of a celesti… | |
| 掠夺者 | robber; plunderer; predator | |
| 掠取 | to plunder; to pillage; to loot | |
| 掠卖 | to press-gang sb and sell into slavery | |
| 私掠 | to privateer | |
| 擦掠 | to brush against; to graze; to scratch | |
| 抢掠 | to loot; looting | |
| 劫掠 | to loot; to plunder | |
| 掠夺 | to plunder; to rob | |
| 笞掠 | to flog | |
| 拷掠 | to torture | |
| 掳掠 | to plunder; to pillage; (fig.) to win (people's hearts) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 京 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 京 sound part | capital city | |
| 惊 | to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm | |
| 就 | just, simply; to go to; to approach, near | |
| 凉 | cool, cold; disheartened | |
| 琼 | jade; rare, precious; elegant | |
| 鲸 | whale | |
| 椋 | fruit | |
| 谅 | to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume | |
| 晾 | to air-dry; to sun-dry | |
| 黥 | to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals | |
| 辌 | carriage, hearse |