漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
捕: catch, capture
JLPT N310 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 甫 gives the sound
10 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
ホho · on'yomi · in compounds
- 捕手ほしゅcatcher
- 捕虜ほりょprisoner of war
- 捕鯨船ほげいせんwhaling ship
- 捕獲するほかくするcapture, seize
- 逮捕するたいほするarrest, apprehend
とらえるtoraeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 捕らえるとらえるseize, capture, arrest [v.t.]
とるtoru · kun'yomi
- 捕るとるtake, catch, capture [v.t.]
つかまえるtsukamaeru · kun'yomi
- 捕まえるつかまえるcatch, arrest, seize [v.t.]
つかまるtsukamaru · kun'yomi
- 捕まるつかまるbe caught, be arrested [v.i.]
Also read とらわれる, とらえる, とらわれる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
甫
Also built on for the first time (甫)
捕 takes the 甫 family's reading, ホ (ho).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side捕 catch · 扌
vs浦 bay · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bǔ
Same form: 捕 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 捕 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 捕 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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