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。
   他们捉到了几条鱼。

   Tāmen zhuō dào le jǐ tiáo yú.

   They caught several fish.

   小雛雞圍在母雞的周圍捉蟲子。
   小雏鸡围在母鸡的周围捉虫子。

   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   ―  zuk¹ wai⁴ paak³   ―  to prosecute illegal parking

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

   捉象棋   ―  zog⁵ xiong⁴ ki²   ―  to play Chinese chess

7. (Wu) to pick; to pluck

   捉花   ―  ⁷tsoq ¹ho   ―  to pick cotton

8. (Wu) to pick up; to collect

   捉蹔𧉆／捉𫏐𧉆   ―  ⁷tsoq ⁶ze-ciq   ―  to pick up cigarette butts (figuratively)

   捉灘頭／捉滩头   ―  ⁷tsoq-the-deu   ―  to pick up leftover small fish on shores, after the main round of fishing

• (to catch):

• (to arrest):

(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)^{←とらへる (toraferu, 捉へる, historical)}

• 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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