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Kanji Detail for 捕 - "to catch, to capture, to arrest"

捕

  • Meaning

    捕 means "to catch, to capture, to arrest."

    1. To catch - To capture; to take; to apprehend criminals or escapees.

  • Words using 捕

    • 逮捕 たいほ Listen arrest; apprehension; capture
    • 捕虜 ほりょ Listen prisoner (of war); POW; captive
    • 捕鯨 ほげい Listen whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing
    • 捕手 ほしゅ Listen catcher
    • 捕獲 ほかく Listen capture; seizure
    • 捕る とる Listen to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

  • Tattoo check: 捕

    • Verified meaning: to catch, to capture, to arrest
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    catch; capture

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    arrest, catch, seize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to catch; to seize; to capture

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to arrest, to catch, to seize

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To seize. When the person is present and directly pursued, it's 逮. When the person has fled and is hunted, it's 捕.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ho(ホ) ホ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    to.ru(と-る) と-る

    tora.eru(と-らえる) と-らえる

    tora.wareru(と-らわれる) と-らわれる

    tsuka.maeru(つか-まえる) つか-まえる

    tsuka.maru(つか-まる) つか-まる

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to catch to capture to arrest seize apprehend detain grab nab trap ensnare net grip collar

Sentences including 捕

  • This is the fish he caught.

  • My brother caught a big fish.

  • I managed to take hold of him this afternoon.

  • We caught the thief.

  • The old man captured a big fish.

  • The fish caught in this river are all nice.

  • No wonder he was arrested.

  • The police are certain to get him in the end wherever he may go.

  • You are under arrest.

  • He is in chains.

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