掠
to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,599 U+63A0
How 掠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 京 (phonetic, jīng)
How to remember it
pillage · Heisig RSH #1853
fingers + 京 capital
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 京
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 京 (jīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 京 sound component | jīng | capital city |
| 惊 | jīng | to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm |
| 就 | jiù | just, simply; to go to; to approach, near |
| 凉 | liáng | cool, cold; disheartened |
| 琼 | qióng | jade; rare, precious; elegant |
| 鲸 | jīng | whale |
| 椋 | liáng | fruit |
| 谅 | liàng | to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume |
| 晾 | liàng | to air-dry; to sun-dry |
| 黥 | qíng | to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals |
| 辌 | liáng | carriage, hearse |
Words containing 掠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浮光掠影 | fú guāng lüè yǐng | flickering light and passing shadows (idiom); blurred scenery; cursory; superficial |
| 前掠翼 | qián lüè yì | swept-forward wing (on jet fighter) |
| 掠美 | lüè měi | to claim credit due to others |
| 掠过 | lüè guò | to flit across; to sweep past; to glance (strike at an angle) |
| 掠食 | lüè shí | to prey on; predation; predatory |
| 飞掠 | fēi lüè | to fly past; to sweep past (at close range); (of a spacecraft) to do a flyby (of a celesti… |
| 掠夺者 | lüè duó zhě | robber; plunderer; predator |
| 掠取 | lüè qǔ | to plunder; to pillage; to loot |
| 掠卖 | lüè mài | to press-gang sb and sell into slavery |
| 私掠 | sī lüè | to privateer |
| 擦掠 | cā lüè | to brush against; to graze; to scratch |
| 抢掠 | qiǎng lüè | to loot; looting |
| 劫掠 | jié lüè | to loot; to plunder |
| 掠夺 | lüè duó | to plunder; to rob |
| 笞掠 | chī lüè | to flog |
| 拷掠 | kǎo lüè | to torture |
| 掳掠 | lǔ lüè | to plunder; to pillage; (fig.) to win (people's hearts) |