捉 — Chinese character
捉
zhuō
to clutch, to grasp, to seize
- Pinyin
- zhuō
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 扌 足
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 足
- Japanese
- 捉 as a kanji
Common words with 捉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捕捉 | bǔ zhuō | to catch; to seize; to capture |
| 活捉 | huó zhuō | to capture alive |
| 捉住 | zhuō zhù | to catch; to grapple with |
| 捉弄 | zhuō nòng | to tease |
| 捉拿 | zhuō ná | to arrest; to catch a criminal |
| 捉摸 | zhuō mō | to fathom; to make sense of |
| 捉奸 (捉姦) | zhuō jiān | to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) |
| 捉迷藏 | zhuō mí cáng | to play hide-and-seek |
| 捉襟见肘 (捉襟見肘) | zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu | lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash |
| 难以捉摸 (難以捉摸) | nán yǐ zhuō mō | elusive; hard to pin down |
| 捉摸不定 | zhuō mō bù dìng | (idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down |
| 捕风捉影 (捕風捉影) | bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng | lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence |
English words written with 捉
捉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
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