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捕 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
4Junior high level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ホほ · ho
Kun
と(らえる)・と(らわれる)・と(る)to(raeru) · to(rawareru) · to(ru)
Meaning
catch; capture

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 甫: to hold down with the hand — to catch, to capture.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onホほho捕獲ほかく捕虜ほりょ逮捕たいほ
Kunとらえるtoraeru捕らえるとらえる

Compare: 捉える

Kunとらわれるtorawareru捕らわれるとらわれる
Kunとるtoru捕るとる捕り物とりもの

Compare: 取る・採る

Kunつかまえるtsukamaeru捕まえるつかまえる
Kunつかまるtsukamaru捕まるつかまる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 捕まえるつかまえる

    to catch

  • 逮捕たいほ

    arrest

More words with this kanji

  • 捕鯨ほげい
  • 捕縛ほばく
  • 捕虜ほりょ
  • 捕捉ほそく
  • 拿捕だほ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)で大(おお)きな魚(さかな)を捕まえた。

I caught a big fish in the river.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

逮捕捕逮arrest払pay扱handle抗resist抜pull…拓clear怖fright…舗shop甫for th…咐to ins…歩to wal…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ホAll maps

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

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