lüè

to take over by force

to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep

hand (扌) + phonetic (京) = to seize or sweep with the hand

The hand radical drives the meaning: a forceful grabbing, sweeping, or skimming motion. 京 contributes the sound lüè and carries no semantic weight here.

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燕子过水面,飞向远处。

yàn zi lüè guò shuǐ miàn,fēi xiàng yuǎn chù。

A swallow skimmed over the water surface and flew into the distance.

那群人趁乱走了村里的粮食。

nà qún rén chèn luàn lüè zǒu le cūn lǐ de liáng shi。

That group of people took advantage of the chaos to plunder the village's grain.

Words with 掠

飞掠

fēi lüè

to fly past; to sweep past (at close range)

前掠翼

qián lüè yì

swept-forward wing (on jet fighter)

劫掠

jié lüè

to loot

拷掠

kǎo lüè

to torture

掠取

lüè qǔ

to plunder

掠夺

lüè duó

to plunder

掠夺者

lüè duó zhě

robber

掠美

lüè měi

to claim credit due to others

掠卖

lüè mài

to press-gang sb and sell into slavery

掠过

lüè guò

to flit across

掠食

lüè shí

to prey on

抢掠

qiǎng lüè

to loot

More characters with 扌