抢
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to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,611 U+62A2
How 抢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 仓 (phonetic, cāng)
How to remember it
rob · Heisig RSH #2456
fingers + 仓 storehouse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 仓
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 仓 (cāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仓 sound component | cāng | granary, barn; cabin, berth |
| 枪 | qiāng | gun, rife; lance, spear |
| 创 | chuàng | to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma |
| 苍 | cāng | dark blue; deep green; old, hoary |
| 疮 | chuāng | boil, tumor; wound, sore |
| 沧 | cāng | azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea) |
| 呛 | qiàng | choking, as by smoke; something that irritates the nose or throat |
| 跄 | qiàng | to stagger, to stumble |
| 戗 | qiāng | to support |
| 怆 | chuàng | sad, disconsolate, broken-hearted |
| 鸧 | cāng | oriole |
| 炝 | qiàng | to stir-fry; to cook in sauce |
Words containing 抢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抢风航行 | qiāng fēng háng xíng | to tack against the wind (sailing) |
| 抢风头 | qiǎng fēng tóu | to steal the show; to grab the limelight |
| 抢生意 | qiǎng shēng yi | to undercut competitors; to hustle; to compete for business |
| 呼天抢地 | hū tiān qiāng dì | (idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of … |
| 抢手货 | qiǎng shǒu huò | a best-seller; a hot property |
| 不偷不抢 | bù tōu bù qiǎng | to be law-abiding (idiom) |
| 抢镜头 | qiǎng jìng tóu | (of a photographer etc) to capture the best shots; to steal the spotlight; to grab the lim… |
| 抢白 | qiǎng bái | to rebuke; to reprimand |
| 抢手 | qiǎng shǒu | (of goods) popular; in great demand |
| 抢风 | qiāng fēng | against the headwind |
| 抢眼 | qiǎng yǎn | eye-catching |
| 抢通 | qiǎng tōng | to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies) |
| 域名抢注 | yù míng qiǎng zhù | cybersquatting; domain squatting |
| 抢走 | qiǎng zǒu | to snatch (esp related to a robbery) |
| 抢断 | qiǎng duàn | (basketball) to steal (the ball); (soccer) to dispossess an opponent (by tackling or inter… |
| 抢亲 | qiǎng qīn | marriage by capture; bride kidnapping |
| 抢答器 | qiǎng dá qì | lockout buzzer system (as used by game show contestants) |
| 抢先 | qiǎng xiān | to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall |
| 抢票 | qiǎng piào | to scramble for tickets |
| 抢修 | qiǎng xiū | to repair in a rush; rush repairs |