擅
usurp, monopolize
擅 is composed of the radical 手 (hand) and 亶 (true, real). 亶 is composed of 㐭 (granary) and 旦 (dawn), conveying the image of a granary built on flat, open land, which implies the sense of standing out or being prominent. 手 represents action or movement with the hand. Therefore, 擅 is used to express the meanings of “to take possession of” and “to be proficient in” something.
Vocabulary of 擅
- 擅長 (be good at)
- 擅自 (without permission)
- 擅闖 (trespass)
Classification
Related Characters:
3才ability4手hand5扑tap5扔throw6扛carry on shoulder6扦poke7扶support7扭twist7批
criticize7折bend7抄seize7扳
climb7抓grab7抑restrain7扼grip8拓
develop8抱hug8抵resist8承carry8拄
support8抽
draw out8披shawl8拔pull8拒
resist8拍slap8押
detain8拗break8抨impeach8招beckon8拖
drag9拾
bright9持grasp9指
finger9按press9拴tie9拯aid9拷examine under torture9括include9拱arch10挾hold between10捕catch10捆bunch10捍
defend10挺straight10挽pull10拳
fist10捂oppose11授grant11接receive11掃sweep11掛
hang11捱
suffer11掇pick11掠
rob11掖help11控
control11探explore11捨abandon11採pick11捲
roll11掂estimate12插insert12揮sway12援pull12揚raise12掔grab12搜search12掰break12換change12揜cover12提lift13摃carry on shoulder13掌
palm13損decrease13搭connect13摸touch13搬move14摹imitate15撻flog15撥push15撮pick by fingers15撬pry15撓
thwart16擋
resist16據depend16擇select16擂beat16擒capture16撿pick up16擅usurp16擭trap17鴿pigeon17擊hit17擎raise18擾disturb18擺arrange20攖disturb