捕

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

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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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔ (bu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶
• Southern Min

  (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/
• Southern Min
  • (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

(deprecated template usage) 捕

1. to catch; to seize; to arrest

   捕魚／捕鱼  ―  bǔyú  ―  catch fish

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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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)

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Korean

Hanja

捕 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 捕 (bõ, bổ, bủa, bố, buả, bộ)

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References

• Nom Foundation