捉

Translingual

Han character

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

1. grasp, clutch
2. catch, seize

References

• KangXi: page 433, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12136
• Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1882, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6349

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		捉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuō (zhuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹, zuk³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ
    • Wade-Giles: chuo¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹, zuk³
    • Yale: jūk, juk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷, dzuk⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʊk̚³/

Verb

捉

1. to grasp; to hold; to clutch
2. to catch; to capture;
   • 小雛雞圍在母雞的周圍捉虫子 / 小雏鸡围在母鸡的周围捉虫子  ―  xiǎo chújī wéi zài mǔjī de zhōuwéi zhuō chóngzǐ  ―  。The baby chicks are catching insects around the hen.

   • 他們捉到了幾條魚。 [MSC, trad.]

     他们捉到了几条鱼。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tāmen zhuō dàole jī tiáo yú. [Pinyin]

     They caught several fish.

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Japanese

Kanji

捉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: そく (soku), さく (saku)
• Kun: とらえる (toraeru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

捉 (tróc, trốc, choắt, chộp, xóc, xốc)

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