抢 (qiǎng): meaning and stroke order
抢 (qiǎng) means to fight over, to rush, to scramble, to grab, to rob, to snatch.
抢
- Simplified
- 抢
- Traditional
- 搶
- Pinyin
- qiǎng · qiāng
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Stroke order of 抢
抢
- qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary
- qiǎng to fight over; to rush
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 搶
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Meaning of 抢
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qiǎng
Traditional 搶
- to fight over
- to rush
- to scramble
- to grab
- to rob
- to snatch
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qiāng
Traditional 搶
- (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
- opposite in direction; contrary
Radical and structure
- 抢
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 7 strokes · 扌 on the left, 仓 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 抢
- 抢购 qiǎng gòu to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
抢 in our stories
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有一天，一个坏人趁后羿不在，来抢这包药。
yǒu yì tiān yí gè huàirén chèn Hòu Yì bú zài lái qiǎng zhè bāo yào
One day, while Hou Yi was away, a bad man came to steal the medicine.
From the story Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
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下课以后，她在操场上看见几个男孩在抢一个旧篮球，就走过去跟他们一起打。
xiàkè yǐhòu tā zài cāochǎng shàng kànjiàn jǐ gè nánhái zài qiǎng yí gè jiù lánqiú jiù zǒu guòqu gēn tāmen yìqǐ dǎ
After class she saw some boys fighting over an old basketball in the playground, so she went over and joined in.
From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5
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钟远坚持产品要慢慢打磨，苗立却认为，市场不等人，必须抢在对手前面上市。
Zhōng Yuǎn jiānchí chǎnpǐn yào mànmàn dǎmó Miáo Lì què rènwéi shìchǎng bù děng rén bìxū qiǎng zài duìshǒu qiánmiàn shàngshì
Zhong Yuan insisted the product needed careful polishing; Miao Li believed the market waits for no one and they had to go public before their rivals.
From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 抢
- Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).