捕

捕 U+6355, 捕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6355 ← 捔 [U+6354] CJK Unified Ideographs 捖 → [U+6356]

Translingual

Han character

捕 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手戈十月 (QIJB), four-corner 5302₇, composition ⿰扌甫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 434, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12157
• Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1878, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6355

Chinese

simp. and trad.		捕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
豧	*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛	*baːɡs, *baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	*paː, *baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	*paː, *pʰaː
鵏	*paː, *baːs
峬	*paː
誧	*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿	*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	*paːʔ, *paːs
鋪	*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	*pʰaː, *pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	*baː, *paʔ
脯	*baː, *paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	*baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙	*paʔ, *pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	*paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂	*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔ (bu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu
• Min Dong (BUC): buô
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pô͘ / pó͘ / pō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu³
    • Yale: bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buu
    • Palladius: бу (bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶
    • Yale: bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puɔ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: por
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: po
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³/

Note:

• pô͘ - literary (Quanzhou);
• pō͘ - literary (Xiamen, Zhangzhou);
• pô͘ - vernacular (俗, Xiamen, Zhangzhou).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bu⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pŭ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: buH

Rime
Character	捕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄故切
Baxter	buH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buoH/
Pan Wuyun	/buoH/
Shao Rongfen	/boH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔH/
Li Rong	/boH/
Wang Li	/buH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捕
Reading #	1/1
No.	3443
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	捕
Old Chinese	/*baːs/

Definitions

捕

1. to catch; to seize; to arrest

   捕魚／捕鱼  ―  bǔyú  ―  catch fish

2. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 2009 May 20, “懷念楷叔”, in 南方都市報‎^[1], archived from the original on 2014-04-07:

     [……]，我都會乖乖噉咘住部收音機聽小說連播。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     [……]，我都会乖乖噉咘住部收音机听小说连播。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     [...... ], ngo⁵ dou¹ wui⁵ gwaai¹ gwaai¹ gam² bou⁶ zyu⁶ bou⁶ sau¹ jam¹ gei¹ teng¹ siu² syut³ lin⁴ bo³. [Jyutping]

     […] , I would patiently sit by the radio to listen to his novel serializations.

     到咗而家，除咗老人家同埋每日靠收音機打發時間嘅司機大佬之外，日日咘住聽古仔嘅人真係少咗好多。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     到咗而家，除咗老人家同埋每日靠收音机打发时间嘅司机大佬之外，日日咘住听古仔嘅人真系少咗好多。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     dou³ zo² ji⁴ gaa¹, ceoi⁴ zo² lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹ tung⁴ maai⁴ mui⁵ jat⁶ kaau³ sau¹ jam¹ gei¹ daa² faat³ si⁴ gaan³ ge³ si¹ gei¹ daai⁶ lou² zi¹ ngoi⁶, jat⁶ jat⁶ bou⁶ zyu⁶ teng¹ gu² zai² ge³ jan⁴ zan¹ hai⁶ siu² zo² hou² do¹. [Jyutping]

     And now, besides the elderly and the taxi drivers who rely on the radio every day to kill time, the number of people who sit down to listen to stories has greatly decreased.

Compounds

• 係風捕景／系风捕景
• 剿捕 (jiǎobǔ)
• 名捕
• 圍捕／围捕 (wéibǔ)
• 大肆搜捕
• 官捕
• 廣捕／广捕
• 廣捕文書／广捕文书
• 應捕／应捕
• 打捕
• 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
• 拒捕 (jùbǔ)
• 捕人
• 捕影拿風／捕影拿风
• 捉影捕風／捉影捕风
• 捕影繫風／捕影系风
• 捕役 (bǔyì)
• 捕快 (bǔkuài)
• 捕房 (bǔfáng)
• 捕手 (bǔshǒu)
• 捕拿
• 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
• 挨捕
• 捕捉畋獵／捕捉畋猎
• 捕撈／捕捞 (bǔlāo)
• 捕殺／捕杀 (bǔshā)
• 捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò)
• 捕生
• 捕緝／捕缉
• 捕繩／捕绳
• 捕蚊燈／捕蚊灯 (bǔwéndēng)
• 捕蛇去齒／捕蛇去齿
• 捕蟲堇菜／捕虫堇菜
• 捕蟲植物／捕虫植物
• 捕蟲燈／捕虫灯
• 捕蟲網／捕虫网
• 捕蠅紙／捕蝇纸 (bǔyíngzhǐ)
• 捕蠅草／捕蝇草 (bǔyíngcǎo)
• 捕衙
• 捕頭／捕头
• 捕風弄月／捕风弄月
• 捉風捕影／捉风捕影
• 捕風捉影／捕风捉影 (bǔfēngzhuōyǐng)
• 捕風繫影／捕风系影
• 捕食 (bǔshí)
• 捕魚／捕鱼 (bǔyú)
• 捕魚權／捕鱼权
• 捕鯨船／捕鲸船
• 掩目捕雀 (yǎnmùbǔquè)
• 掩雀捕蟬／掩雀捕蝉
• 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
• 握風捕影／握风捕影
• 撈捕／捞捕
• 望風捕影／望风捕影
• 查捕
• 比捕
• 海捕
• 海捕公文
• 海捕文書／海捕文书
• 白捕
• 緝捕／缉捕 (jībǔ)
• 繫風捕影／系风捕影
• 繫風捕景／系风捕景
• 羅捕／罗捕
• 誘捕／诱捕
• 跟捕
• 跡捕／迹捕
• 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
• 巡捕房 (xúnbǔfáng)
• 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
• 追風捕影／追风捕影
• 逮捕
• 間捕／间捕
• 陰捕／阴捕

 

Japanese

Kanji

捕

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
• Kun: とらえる (toraeru, 捕らえる, Jōyō); とらわれる (torawareru, 捕らわれる, Jōyō); つかまる (tsukamaru, 捕まる, Jōyō); つかまえる (tsukamaeru, 捕まえる, Jōyō); とる (toru, 捕る, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

捕 (eum 포 (po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

捕: Hán Nôm readings: bõ, bổ, bủa, bố, buả, bộ

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References

• Nom Foundation