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Translingual
Han character
捉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口卜人 (QRYO), four-corner 56081, composition ⿰扌足)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12136
- Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1882, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6349
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 足
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*ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ
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| 莡
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*sʰaːwɢ
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| 捉
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*ʔsoːɡ
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| 齪
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*sʰroːɡ, *sʰruɡ
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| 娖
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*zroːɡ
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| 浞
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*zroːɡ
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| 鋜
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*zroːɡ
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| 趗
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*sʰoːɡ, *sʰoɡ
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| 珿
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*sʰruɡ
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| 哫
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*ʔsoɡ
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| 促
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*sʰoɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːɡ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 足 (OC *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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捉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhuō
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsræwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(ˁ)rok/
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| English
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grasp (v.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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捉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17917
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Phonetic
component
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足
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Rime
group
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屋
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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捉
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsoːɡ/
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Definitions
捉
- to grasp; to hold; to clutch
- to catch; to capture
他們捉到了幾條魚。 [MSC, trad.]
他们捉到了几条鱼。 [MSC, simp.]- Tāmen zhuō dào le jǐ tiáo yú.
- They caught several fish.
小雛雞圍在母雞的周圍捉蟲子。 [MSC, trad.]
小雏鸡围在母鸡的周围捉虫子。 [MSC, simp.]- Xiǎo chújī wéi zài mǔjī de zhōuwéi zhuō chóngzi.
- The baby chicks are catching insects around the hen.
- to tease; to play tricks on
- to arrest (a person for a crime); to apprehend
- (Cantonese) to arrest for a crime
- 捉違泊／捉违泊 [Cantonese] ― zuk1 wai4 paak3 ― to prosecute illegal parking
- (Cantonese, Hakka) to play (a board game)
- 捉象棋 [Meixian Hakka] ― zog5 xiong4 ki2 [Hakka Transliteration Scheme] ― to play Chinese chess
- (Wu) to pick; to pluck
- 捉花 [Shanghainese] ― 7tsoq 1ho [Wugniu] ― to pick cotton
- (Wu) to pick up; to collect
- 捉蹔𧉆／捉𫏐𧉆 [Shanghainese] ― 7tsoq 6ze-ciq [Wugniu] ― to pick up cigarette butts (figuratively)
- 捉灘頭／捉滩头 [Shanghainese] ― 7tsoq-the-deu [Wugniu] ― to pick up leftover small fish on shores, after the main round of fishing
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
捉 (“to catch; to capture”)
- 俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)
- 俘虜／俘虏 (fúlǔ)
- 囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
- 抓 (zhuā)
- 抓獲／抓获 (zhuāhuò)
- 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
- 拿獲／拿获 (náhuò)
- 捉拿 (zhuōná)
- 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
- 捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò)
- 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
- 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
- 擒拿 (qínná)
- 擒獲／擒获 (qínhuò)
- 攝／摄 (literary, or in compounds)
- 查獲／查获 (cháhuò)
- 緝拿／缉拿 (jīná)
- 緝捕／缉捕 (jībǔ)
- 緝獲／缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
- 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
- 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
- 訪拿／访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
- 訪緝／访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
- 跴緝／跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
- 踩緝／踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
- 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
- 追拿 (zhuīná)
- 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
- 追擊／追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
- 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
- 追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)
- 逮捕
Dialectal synonyms of
逮捕 (“to arrest”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 捉 – see 逐 (“to pursue; to chase after (someone)”).
(This character is a variant form of 逐). |
Japanese
Kanji
捉
(Jōyō kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
捉 • (chak) (hangeul 착, revised chak, McCune–Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)
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Vietnamese
Han character
捉: Hán Việt readings: tróc[1][2][3][4][5][6]
捉: Nôm readings: tróc[1][2][3], trốc[3][7], xóc[1][3], xốc[1][3], choắt[3], chộp[3]
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References