捉 (zhuō)
to catch; to grab; to capture
How 捉 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 捉
- Simplified
- 捉 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- 足 foot
Common words using 捉
- 捉住 zhuōzhù
- to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
- 捉弄 zhuōnòng
- to tease
- 捉摸 zhuōmō
- to predict (often uncertain); to grope (for the truth); to fathom
- 捉迷藏 zhuōmícáng
- to play hide-and-seek
- 捕捉 bǔzhuō
- to catch; to seize; to capture
- 捉拿 zhuōná
- to arrest; to catch a criminal
- 捉襟見肘 zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu
- lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet
- 捕風捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng
- lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence
捉 in a sentence
警察終於把那個小偷捉到了。
Jǐngchá zhōngyú bǎ nàge xiǎotōu zhuōdào le.
“The police finally caught that thief.”
How common is 捉?
捉 is the 1,820th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.4% of all running text.
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