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Chinese symbol for “manhunt”

搜捕
sōu bǔ
to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt

The closest CC-CEDICT match for manhunt is 搜捕 (sōu bǔ), defined as: to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

搜 sōu
to seek, to search, to investigate
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes
捕 bǔ
to arrest, to catch, to seize
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 搜捕.

WordPinyinMeaning
搜索sōu suǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
搜集 (蒐集)sōu jíto gather; to collect
搜寻 (搜尋)sōu xúnto search; to look for
搜查sōu cháto search
搜索引擎sōu suǒ yǐn qíngsearch engine
搜救sōu jiùsearch and rescue
逮捕dài bǔto arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3]
被捕bèi bǔto be arrested; under arrest

See also: Japanese symbol for “manhunt”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.