捕 (bǔ)

to catch; to seize; to arrest

How 捕 is written

Strokes
10
Radical
扌 — hand
Traditional
捕
Simplified
捕 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 捕

捕魚 bǔyú
catch fish; fish
捕捉 bǔzhuō
to catch; to seize; to capture
捕獲 bǔhuò
to catch; to capture; to seize
捕風捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence
被捕 bèibǔ
to be arrested; under arrest
追捕 zhuībǔ
to hunt (a criminal); to hunt and capture
逮捕 dàibǔ
to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest
圍捕 wéibǔ
to fish by casting a net; to capture; to surround and seize
巡捕 xúnbǔ
to patrol; policeman (in China's former foreign concessions)
抓捕 zhuābǔ
to seize; to capture
拒捕 jùbǔ
to resist arrest
拘捕 jūbǔ
to arrest

捕 in a sentence

漁夫一大早就出海捕魚了。

Yúfū yídàzǎo jiù chūhǎi bǔyú le.

“The fisherman went out to sea to catch fish early in the morning.”

How common is 捕?

捕 is the 1,310th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93% of all running text.

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