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Kotomora

捕

catch, capture

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホ

Kun'yomi

  • と.らえる
  • と.らわれる
  • と.る
  • とら.える
  • とら.われる
  • つか.まえる
  • つか.まる

Meaning

捕 centers on seizing or taking hold of something, especially a person or animal: catching or capturing.

Most common words using 捕

20 of 106
  • 逮捕たいほ
    N3

    arrest; apprehension; capture

  • 捕まえるつかまえる
    N4

    to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain

  • 捕まるつかまる
    N3

    to be caught; to be arrested

  • 捕虜ほりょ
    N1

    prisoner (of war); POW; captive

  • 捕獲ほかく
    N1

    capture; seizure

  • 捕食ほしょく

    predation; eating prey; preying upon

  • 捕鯨ほげい
    N1

    whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing

  • 捕るとる
    N3

    to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

  • 捕手ほしゅ

    catcher

  • 捕捉ほそく

    capture; seizure; prehension; trapping

  • 捕縛ほばく

    arrest; apprehension; capture

  • 拿捕だほ

    capture (esp. of a foreign vessel); seizure

  • 生け捕りいけどり

    capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

  • 捕り物とりもの

    capture (of a suspect, criminal, etc.); arrest

  • 捕れるとれる

    to be caught (of a wild animal, fish, baseball, etc.); to be captured

  • 捕虫ほちゅう

    catching insects

  • 捕り手とりて

    policeman; official in charge of imprisoning offenders

  • 捕逸ほいつ

    passed ball

  • 捕球ほきゅう

    catch

  • 分捕り品ぶんどりひん

    loot; booty; plunder; spoils

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Study

Etymology

捕 combines 扌 (hand) with 甫, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally suggested spreading or catching. The character expresses catching or capturing by hand.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is a hand 扌, and the right side 甫 looks like a net or trap. Picture a hand using a net to catch something.

Reading mnemonic

For ホ, imagine a hand catching a whole (ホ) fish in a net: whole -> ホ, and the hand captures it.