捕 – catch, capture

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#604 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 捕 means catch, capture. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホ (ho); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is 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 (toraeru, torawareru, toru, toraeru, torawareru, tsukamaeru, tsukamaru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホ	ho
Kun’yomi	と.らえる	toraeru
Kun’yomi	と.らわれる	torawareru
Kun’yomi	と.る	toru
Kun’yomi	とら.える	toraeru
Kun’yomi	とら.われる	torawareru
Kun’yomi	つか.まえる	tsukamaeru
Kun’yomi	つか.まる	tsukamaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 十・用・丶・扎.

Words using 捕

捕まえるつかまえるto catch逮捕たいほarrest捕まるつかまるto be caught捕るとるto catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.)捕えるとらえるto catch捕獲ほかくcapture捕鯨ほげいwhaling捕虜ほりょprisoner (of war)

Example sentences

警察が容疑者を捕まえた。

The policeman got the suspect.

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その男性はスパイとして逮捕された。

The man was arrested as a spy.

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きのう魚を３匹捕った。

I caught three fish yesterday.

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Kanji with the same radical

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