擅
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without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 手 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 擅
- Common rank
- #3,181
- Unicode
- U+64C5
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Formation & memory
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How 擅 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 亶 sound ()
Components 扌 亶
How to remember it
act without authority · Heisig RSH #1866
fingers + Mr. Hyde
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 擅
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 擅离职守 | to abscond; to be absent without leave | |
| 宠擅专房 | an especially favored concubine (idiom) | |
| 擅自 | without permission | |
| 擅长 | to be good at; to be expert in | |
| 擅美 | to enjoy fame without sharing it; to take the credit | |
| 擅场 | to excel in some field; expert at sth | |
| 擅权 | to arrogate power | |
| 擅断 | arbitrary | |
| 专擅 | without authorization; to act on one's own initiative | |
| 擅闯 | to enter without permission; to trespass |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 亶 — compare how they read.