掠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 掠

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lüè, lüě
Cantonese: loek6
JapaneseKun: KASUMERU
JapaneseOn: RYAKU RYOU
Korean: LYAK LYANG
Vietnamese: lướt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rob, ransack, plunder; pass by

CE-Dict: to take over by force/to rob/to plunder/to brush over/to skim/to sweep

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to plunder; to pillage; to sack
2.to sweep past; to brush past; to graze; to skim over
3.a long stroke to the left in Chinese calligraphy

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: graze; plunder; sack; sweep past

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: graze; plunder; sack; sweep past

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》掠奪取也。从手京聲。本音亮。《唐韻》或作擽。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】掠
【唐韻】離灼切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】力灼切，𠀤音略。【說文】奪取也。【廣韻】抄掠，劫人財物也。【戰國策】掠於郊野，以足軍食。通作略。亦作剠。或作擽。　又【增韻】捎取也，拂過也。　又書法長撇古名掠。【柳宗元曰】掠左出而鋒欲輕。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】力讓切【正韻】力仗切，𠀤音亮。亦奪取也。【左傳·襄十一年】禁侵掠。又【昭二十年】輸掠其聚。【前漢·高帝紀】所過毋得鹵掠。　又搒笞也，治也。【禮·月令】毋肆掠，止獄訟。【註】掠謂捶治人。【前漢·𨻰萬年傳】下獄掠治。

CF-Dict: piller/prendre de force/effleurer/raser

Han-De-Dict: Beute, Beute machen (u.E.) (S)