捕
to catch; to seize; to capture
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How 捕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 甫 (phonetic, fǔ)
How to remember it
capture · Heisig RSH #2795
fingers + dog tag
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 甫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 甫 (fǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甫 sound component | fǔ | to begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li |
| 铺 | pù | shop, store; bed, mattress |
| 浦 | pǔ | beach, shore, river bank; surname |
| 辅 | fǔ | side road; to assist, to coach, to tutor |
| 哺 | bǔ | to chew; to feed |
| 埔 | pǔ | arena; market; plain; port |
| 圃 | pǔ | garden, orchard, plot of farmland |
| 脯 | pú | dried meat; preserved fruits |
| 匍 | pú | to crawl; to lie prostrate |
| 逋 | bū | to flee, to run away; to leave a debt unsettled |
| 莆 | pú | a kind of legendary tree |
| 乶 | fǔ | Pholha, a place in Korea |
| 尃 | fū | to announce, to state |
| 晡 | bū | late afternoon |
| 黼 | fǔ | embroidered official or sacrificial robe |
Words containing 捕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 望风捕影 | wàng fēng bǔ yǐng | see 捕風捉影|捕风捉影[bu3 feng1 zhuo1 ying3] |
| 捕食者 | bǔ shí zhě | predator |
| 捕头 | bǔ tóu | head constable (in imperial China) |
| 捕虫叶 | bǔ chóng yè | insect-catching leaf |
| 捕手 | bǔ shǒu | catcher |
| 捕鼠器 | bǔ shǔ qì | mousetrap |
| 捕鱼 | bǔ yú | to catch fish; to fish |
| 比捕 | bǐ bǔ | (old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal; Taiwan pr. [bi4 bu3] |
| 长嘴捕蛛鸟 | cháng zuǐ bǔ zhū niǎo | (bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) |
| 捕食 | bǔ shí | to prey on; to catch and feed on; to hunt for food |
| 捕杀 | bǔ shā | to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) |
| 捕快 | bǔ kuài | bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China) |
| 捕风捉影 | bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng | lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to ac… |
| 纹背捕蛛鸟 | wén bèi bǔ zhū niǎo | (bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna) |
| 不逮捕特权 | bù dài bǔ tè quán | the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duratio… |
| 追捕 | zhuī bǔ | to pursue; to be after; to hunt down |
| 捕鼠 | bǔ shǔ | to catch mice |
| 拿捕 | ná bǔ | to detain; to apprehend; to capture |
| 捕拿 | bǔ ná | to arrest; to capture; to catch |
| 巡捕房 | xún bǔ fáng | (old) police station in a foreign concession 租界[zu1 jie4] |