捕 — kanji meaning “catch”
捕
catch, capture
- Meanings
- catch, capture
- On'yomi
- ホ (ho)
- Kun'yomi
- 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
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #604 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- bǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 捕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逮捕 | たいほ taiho | arrest; apprehension; capture |
| 捕虜 | ほりょ horyo | prisoner (of war); POW; captive |
| 捕獲 | ほかく hokaku | capture; seizure |
| 捕鯨 | ほげい hogei | whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing |
| 捕手 | ほしゅ hoshu | catcher |
| 捕まえる | つかまえる tsukamaeru | to catch; to capture; to arrest |
| 捕まる | つかまる tsukamaru | to be caught; to be arrested |
| 捕る | とる toru | to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture |
| 捕食 | ほしょく hoshoku | predation; eating prey; preying upon |
| 捕捉 | ほそく hosoku | capture; seizure; prehension |
| 捕縛 | ほばく hobaku | arrest; apprehension; capture |
| 拿捕 | だほ daho | capture (esp. of a foreign vessel); seizure |
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