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Chinese symbol for “deprive”

剥夺
bō duó
Traditional: 剝奪
to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deprive is 剥夺 (bō duó), defined as: to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property).

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Characters and stroke order

剥 bō
to peel, to skin; to exploit
radical 18 ⼑ · 10 strokes
夺 duó
to rob, to snatch, to take by force
radical 37 ⼤ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “deprive”

WordPinyinMeaning
褫夺 (褫奪)chǐ duóto deprive; to strip of
扣发 (扣發)kòu fāto deprive; to withhold

Related words

Other words that share a character with 剥夺.

WordPinyinMeaning
剥削 (剝削)bō xuēto exploit; exploitation
剥离 (剝離)bō líto peel; to strip
剥皮 (剝皮)bāo píto skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals
盘剥 (盤剝)pán bōto exploit; to practice usury
剥落 (剝落)bō luòto peel off
争夺 (爭奪)zhēng duóto fight over; to contest
夺取 (奪取)duó qǔto seize; to capture
掠夺 (掠奪)lüè duóto plunder; to rob

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.