qiǎngqiāng

plunder, rob

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

仓 sound component

  Sound component

cāng

  

granary

Evolution

抢 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
抢 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiǎng

plunder, rob, take by force; to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch

() 

qiāng

see 搶風|抢风[qiāng​fēng]

Most common words with 抢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to rush

抢劫

to rob

抢救

to rescue

抢走

to snatch (esp related to a robbery)

抢购

to buy frenetically