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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

  • 逮捕たいほNoun
    arrest, apprehension, capture
  • 捕虜ほりょNoun
    prisoner (of war), POW, captive
  • 捕鯨ほげいNoun
    whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing
  • 捕手ほしゅNoun
    catcher
  • 捕獲ほかくNoun
    capture, seizure
  • 捕るとるGodan verb
    to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.), to capture
  • 捕えるとらえるIchidan verb
    to catch, to capture, to seize
  • 捕まるつかまるGodan verb
    to be caught, to be arrested

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

逮apprehendたいN111 strokes虜captiveりょ、ろ、とりこN113 strokes獲seizeかく、えN116 strokes鯨whaleげい、くじらN119 strokes捉catchそく、さく、とら10 strokes逸deviateいつ、そ、はぐN111 strokes

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