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捕

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • catch
  • capture

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ホ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • 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
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#805
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
手#64 · hand

Components

Common Words

  • 捕るとるGodanto catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.), to capture
  • 捕獲ほかくNouncapture, seizure
  • 捕鯨ほげいNounwhaling, whale hunting, whale fishing
  • 捕手ほしゅNouncatcher
  • 捕虜ほりょNounprisoner (of war), POW, captive
  • 捕まるつかまるGodanto be caught, to be arrested
  • 捕まえるつかまえるIchidanto catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain
  • 逮捕たいほNounarrest, apprehension, capture

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

逮apprehendN111 strokes虜captiveN113 strokes獲seizeN116 strokes鯨whaleN119 strokes捉catch10 strokes手handN44 strokes

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