Memory phrase for the character: 捉

捉

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Meaning

to capture, to clutch, to grab

Pronunciation

zhuō

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止)

Mnemonic
 
You need hands and feet (to run after) for: capturing.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
足 foot




 Vocabulary

捉摸 zhuō mō  to predict (often uncertain); to grope (for the truth); to fathom; to ascertain
捕捉 bǔ zhuō  to catch; to seize; to capture
捉住 zhuō zhù  to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē  to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target; a turkey shoot
瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē  

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