掠

lve
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to take over by force, to rob

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

掠 has 扌, a hand, as its meaning part and 京 jīng as its sound part; the sound link is unclear in Mandarin. It first meant to pillage or plunder. That grew to brush over and skim. Read lüě, it means to brush past or take by force.

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Homophones

略lve
brief, sketchy, outline, summary

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