Chinese symbol for “seize”
夺取
duó qǔ
Traditional: 奪取
to seize; to capture; to wrest control of
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seize is 夺取 (duó qǔ), defined as: to seize; to capture; to wrest control of.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “seize”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夺 (奪) | duó | to seize; to take away forcibly |
| 揪 | jiū | to seize; to clutch |
| 抢占 (搶佔) | qiǎng zhàn | to seize (the strategic high ground) |
| 抓捕 | zhuā bǔ | to seize; to capture |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 夺取.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剥夺 (剝奪) | bō duó | to deprive; to expropriate |
| 争夺 (爭奪) | zhēng duó | to fight over; to contest |
| 掠夺 (掠奪) | lüè duó | to plunder; to rob |
| 夺得 (奪得) | duó dé | to take (after a struggle); to wrest |
| 夺冠 (奪冠) | duó guàn | to seize the crown; fig. to win a championship |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 采取 (採取) | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seize”.
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.