Ideographic: A man 大 grasping something 寸Radical:

meaning for duó:

  • - to seize
  • - to take away forcibly
  • - to wrest control of
  • - to compete or strive for
  • - to force one's way through
  • - to leave out
  • - to loseto take (after a struggle)
  • - to wrest
  • - to seize
  • - to capture
  • - to win (a trophy)to fight over
  • - to contest
  • - to vie overto seize
  • - to capture
  • - to wrest control ofto seize the crown
  • - fig. to win a championship
  • - to win gold medalto deprive
  • - to expropriate
  • - to strip (sb of his property)