Primary radical
扌 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 抢.
扌 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 抢.
仓 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
HSK 5 · (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary; to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab
HSK 5 · to rescue
HSK 7-9 · to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take
HSK 7-9 · to rob; looting
HSK 7-9 · eye-catching
urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder
抢 has 7 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
扌 is the radical in 抢. It is the hand side radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.
抢 (qiǎng): (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary; to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; 抢救 (qiǎngjiù): to rescue; 抢夺 (qiǎngduó): to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take.