Chinese Character Wiki

捉

zhuō

grasp

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 足 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

足 sound component

足  Sound component

zú, jù

  

foot

Evolution

捉 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
捉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
捉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

捉  

zhuō

grasp, clutch; catch, seize; to clutch; to grab; to capture

Most common words with 捉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

捉

to clutch

捕捉

to catch

捉弄

to tease

捉住

to catch

捉摸

to fathom

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts](ˤ)rok

tsraewk

zhuō

grasp (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 12.6382% of movies

1800th most common character in movies

1822nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6349

Shuowen

“捉，搤也。从手，足聲。一曰握也。”


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