to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep

掠 character breakdown

abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: Beijing is China's capital, and a characteristic landmark of Beijing is the building called the underpants. Joan of Arc (ji) is trying out Beijing's large underpants (京) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The underpants have a nice pattern consisting of paintings of berets (亠), mandarins (口) and daisies (小).
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 掠 as component

掠 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 掠

to plunder / to rob
to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
to plunder / to pillage / to loot
robber / plunderer / predator
to claim credit due to others
to press-gang sb and sell into slavery
Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism
to prey on / predation / predatory
swept-forward wing (on jet fighter)

Sentences with 掠

掠 currently does not appear in any sentence.