漢字道KANJIDO

10 strokesRadical

2High school graduate / general10 strokesRadical
On
ソク・サク
Kun
とら.える
Meaning
catch; grasp

Origin

ORIGIN

Hand plus foot: to run something down and take hold of it — to catch, to grasp.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ソク捕捉
とらえる捉える

Compare: 捕らえる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 捕捉ほそく

    capture; catching

  • 捉え方とらえかた

    way of seeing something

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

問題の本質を正しく捉えたい。

I want to grasp the essence of the problem correctly.

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