捉

捉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口卜人 (QRYO), four-corner 5608₁, composition ⿰扌足)

• 𬳚 𫠼

• 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːɡ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 足 (OC *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ).

捉

1. to grasp; to hold; to clutch
2. 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.

3. to tease; to play tricks on
4. to arrest (a person for a crime); to apprehend
5. (Cantonese) to arrest for a crime

   捉違泊／捉违泊 [Cantonese]  ―  zuk¹ wai⁴ paak³   ―  to prosecute illegal parking

6. (Cantonese, Hakka) to play (a board game)

   捉象棋 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  zog⁵ xiong⁴ ki² [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  to play Chinese chess

7. (Wu) to pick; to pluck

   捉花 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁷tsoq ¹ho [Wugniu]  ―  to pick cotton

8. (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

• (to catch):

• (to arrest):

捉

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pursue; to chase after (someone)
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to run with one's best effort to get (something)
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pursue the opposite sex

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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• Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: さく (saku)
• Kun: とらえる (toraeru, 捉える, Jōyō)

• 把(は)捉(そく) (hasoku, “grasping”)

捉 • (chak) (hangeul 착, revised chak, McCune–Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)

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捉: Hán Việt readings: tróc
捉: Nôm readings: tróc, trốc, xóc, xốc, choắt, chộp

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