U+593A "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+593A "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "to seize," "to take by force," or "to contend for," and it is a simplified form of its traditional counterpart "奪." In modern usage, it appears in common words like "争夺" (to vie for) or "夺取" (to capture), and its composition visually suggests a bird (隹) being grasped, reflecting the idea of snatching something away. As a core component in written Chinese, it conveys themes of competition, acquisition, or forcible change, and it is used across various contexts from daily language to formal literature.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
夺
HTML Hex Encoding
夺
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xA4 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding
0x593A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000593A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u593a

Unihan Properties

kCCCII
273940
kCangjie
KDI
kCantonese
dyut6
kDefinition
take by force, rob, snatch
kEACC
273940
kFourCornerCode
4034
kGB0
2265
kHanYu
10527.010
kHanyuPinlu
duó(197)
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10527.010
kIRG_GSource
G0-3661
kTGH
2013:396
kKangXi
0250.071
kMainlandTelegraph
1161
kMandarin
duó
kPhonetic
277* 1388A*
kRSUnicode
37.3
kSMSZD2003Index
148.03 173.08
kTGHZ2013
084.130:duó
kTotalStrokes
6
kUnihanCore2020
G
kXHC1983
0280.090:duó