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 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)

Mnemonic
 
(No matter what you want to do) The hand begins with: grasping.

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.
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 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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