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捕

bǔ

catch, seize

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

甫 sound component

甫  Sound component

fǔ

  

begin

Evolution

捕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
捕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
捕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

捕  

bǔ

arrest, catch, seize; to catch; to seize; to capture

Most common words with 捕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逮捕

to arrest

被捕

to be arrested

捕

to catch

捕捉

to catch

追捕

to pursue

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 37.1937% of movies

946th most common character in movies

1312th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6355

Shuowen

“捕，取也。从手，甫聲。”


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