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捕 means 'catch'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 795   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 31    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 44 words   Used in 105 words   Used in 9 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ホ
Kun
   とる   とらえる   つかまえる to catch, to grasp   とらわれる   つかまる to be caught
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 捕 - click the badge to download
Some of the six Joyo yomi associated with 捕 sound like tongue twisters. This essay tames them through mnemonics and an exercise. Learn to say, "Television viewers see only what the camera captures," "She's a slave to fashion," and "He was eaten up with guilt." See what it means for a person in Japan to have a "main point" or, conversely, to be incomprehensible to others.
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The essay is also included in the following Thematic Bundles
101
Edo Era: Brushes with the Law
靴 錠 捕 袖
As one essay in this bundle shows, theft wasn't rampant in the Edo period (1603–1867). Regular people didn't even lock their homes, greatly trusting their communities. But as other essays reflect, the era gave rise to copious crime novels, detectives' memoirs, and dramas, so people clearly did commit crimes. Arrests ensued; barbed metal made it possible to catch suspects, and the police then bound detainees' hands with rope. Officers weren't squeaky-clean, though. One expression alludes to a particular man who was both a gambler and a policeman. In the latter capacity, he cracked down on gamblers!
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 捕 is used 10 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 捕 is used 100 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ホ : 54 words FIND ALL
た い ほ 1
arrest; apprehension; capture
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とる : 28 words FIND ALL
と ら え る 3
Most common form: 捉える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to seize; to capture; to arrest
2. to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)
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とる (read as ど) : 8 words FIND ALL
ぶ ん ど る 3
Most common form: ぶん取る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to capture; to seize; to plunder
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つかまえる : 6 words FIND ALL
つ か ま る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught; to be arrested  (usu. 捕まる)
2. to hold on to; to grasp  (usu. 掴まる; often written with kana only)
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とる (read as とり) : 4 words FIND ALL
と り か た 4 と り か た 3 と り か た 0
noun
1. constable
2. method of catching criminals
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Additional less common words include 捕 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1784  Joy o' Kanji : 1784  Key to Kanji: - 

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捕
ホ   とる    とらえる    つかまえる to catch, to grasp   とらわれる    つかまる to be caught   
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甫
ホ    the first time   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
丶
dot   
扌
hand
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