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捉 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ソク・サクそく・さく · soku · saku
Kun
とら.えるtora.eru
Meaning
catch; grasp

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

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

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソクそくsoku捕捉ほそく
Kunとらえるtoraeru捉えるとらえる

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(もんだい)の本質(ほんしつ)を正(ただ)しく捉(とら)えたい。

I want to grasp the essence of the problem correctly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

捕捉捉え方捉捕catch方direct…拉pull…拭wipe拶press…捗make…挫crush柵fence戚relati…遡go ups…塞block…仄faint
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ソクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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