Memory phrase for the character: 捕

捕

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Meaning

capture, seize, catch, grasp

Pronunciation

HO
toru/raeru, tsukamaru/maeru

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: to begin 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and an object 丶)

Mnemonic
 
You need your hand and upper body when: capturing or catching.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
甫 to start, begin
用 useThe radical mochiiru shows originally the picture of a fence.




 Vocabulary

捕える とらえる  to seize, to grasp, to capture, to arrest
捕まえる つかまえる  to catch, to arrest, to seize
捕まる つかまる  to be caught, to be arrested
捕る とる  to take, to catch (fish), to capture
捕獲 ほかく  capture, seizure
捕虜 ほりょ  prisoner (of war)
捕鯨 ほげい  whaling, whale fishing
逮捕 たいほ  arrest, apprehension, capture

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