Taxonomy of meanings for 攘:　　

  • 攘 ràng (OC: njaŋs MC: ȵiɐŋ) 人樣切 去 廣韻：【文字指歸云揖攘又音穰 】
  • 攘 ráng (OC: njaŋ MC: ȵiɐŋ) 汝陽切 平 廣韻：【以手禦又竊也除也遂也止也揎袂出臂曰攘又音讓 】
    • DISCARD
      • vtoNfigurative: reject
    • OPPOSE
      • vtoNresist; oppose; interfere with
    • PUSH
      • vtoNthrust (a person) aside; thrust forward (one's arms)
    • STEAL
      • vadNgiven to stealing
      • viactengage in stealing
      • vtoNsteal from; steal from a place other than the owner's home
    • ROB
      • ROLL UP
        • CONFUSED
          • STOP
            • = 禳
          • 攘 rǎng (OC: njaŋʔ MC: ȵiɐŋ) 如兩切 上 廣韻：【擾攘又汝羊切 】
          • rángDAMAGE
            • vtoNinterfere with; create havoc inCH
          • rángEXORCISE
            • nabact= ráng 禳: exorcismLZ

          Additional information about 攘

          說文解字: 【攘】，推也。从手、 襄 聲。 【汝羊切】

            Criteria
          • STEAL

            1. The current general word for any form of stealing is qiè 竊 and this word in no way suggests that the person who steals is in fact a professional or habitual thief.

            2. Dào 盜 refers to a clandestine operation of stealing that may be on a fairly small scale, but typically by a person who specialises in stealing, a dào 盜 "thief".

            3. Rǎng 攘 refers specifically to an act of taking another's property from a place other than his own home.

            4. Tōu 偷 refers to stealthy and illicit enjoyment or sometimes misappropriation of something.

            Word relations
          • Assoc: (STEAL)奪/ROB The current word for appropriating something that is not one's own by right is duó 奪.