捕 — Chinese character
捕
bǔ
to arrest, to catch, to seize
- Pinyin
- bǔ
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 扌 甫
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 甫
- Japanese
- 捕 as a kanji
Common words with 捕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逮捕 | dài bǔ | to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3] |
| 被捕 | bèi bǔ | to be arrested; under arrest |
| 捕鱼 (捕魚) | bǔ yú | to catch fish; to fish |
| 拘捕 | jū bǔ | to arrest |
| 捕捉 | bǔ zhuō | to catch; to seize; to capture |
| 追捕 | zhuī bǔ | to pursue; to be after |
| 捕获 (捕獲) | bǔ huò | to catch; to capture; to seize |
| 捕捞 (捕撈) | bǔ lāo | to fish for (aquatic animals and plants); to catch |
| 抓捕 | zhuā bǔ | to seize; to capture |
| 搜捕 | sōu bǔ | to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest |
| 捕食 | bǔ shí | to prey on; to catch and feed on |
| 捕猎 (捕獵) | bǔ liè | to catch (wild animals); to hunt |
English words written with 捕
捕 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.