Japanese symbol for “plundering”
収奪
しゅうだつ
Romaji: shuudatsu
plundering; exploitation
In Japanese, plundering is 収奪, read しゅうだつ (shuudatsu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt plundering; exploitation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “plundering”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 略取 | りゃくしゅ ryakushu | capture; looting; plundering |
| 盗掠 | とうりゃく touryaku | stealing; looting; plundering |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう shuunyuu | income; earnings; revenue |
| 回収 | かいしゅう kaishuu | collection; recovery; withdrawal |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
| 買収 | ばいしゅう baishuu | acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover |
| 吸収 | きゅうしゅう kyuushuu | absorption; suction; attraction |
| 年収 | ねんしゅう nenshuu | annual income |
| 奪う | うばう ubau | to take (by force); to take away; to snatch |
| 強奪 | ごうだつ goudatsu | robbery; pillage; seizure |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.