捕

捕

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 434, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12157
• Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 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
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pô͘ / pó͘ / pō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: pu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buu
    • IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶
    • Yale: bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯²²/
• 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
    • IPA ^(key): /pu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /buo^H/▼

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
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

• 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

Compounds

Derived terms from 捕

係風捕景／系风捕景 剿捕 (jiǎobǔ) 名捕 圍捕／围捕 (wéibǔ) 大肆搜捕 官捕 巡捕 (xúnbǔ) 巡捕房 廣捕／广捕 廣捕文書／广捕文书 應捕／应捕 打捕 拒捕 (jùbǔ) 拘捕 (jūbǔ) 挨捕 捉影捕風／捉影捕风 捉風捕影／捉风捕影 捕人 捕影拿風／捕影拿风 捕影繫風／捕影系风 捕役 (bǔyì) 捕快 (bǔkuài) 捕房 捕手 (bǔshǒu) 捕拿

捕捉 (bǔzhuō) 捕捉畋獵／捕捉畋猎 捕撈／捕捞 (bǔlāo) 捕殺／捕杀 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 捕風捉影／捕风捉影 (bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng) 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 握風捕影／握风捕影 搜捕 (sōubǔ) 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 追捕 (zhuībǔ) 追風捕影／追风捕影 逮捕 (dàibǔ) 間捕／间捕 陰捕／阴捕

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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

捕 (bõ, bổ, bủa, bố, buả, bộ)

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References

• Nom Foundation