捕
catch, capture
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
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.