捉

How to write 捉, stroke by stroke

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10

What 捉 means

to clutch; to grab; to capture

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 足

Made of 扌 + 足

Words with 捉

• 捕捉bǔ zhuōto catch; to seize; to capture
• 捉住zhuō zhùto catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
• 捉迷藏zhuō mí cángto play hide-and-seek
• 活捉huó zhuōto capture alive
• 捉弄zhuō nòngto tease
• 捉拿zhuō náto arrest; to catch a criminal
• 捉摸zhuō mōto fathom; to make sense of; to grasp
• 难以捉摸nán yǐ zhuō mōelusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
• 捉取zhuō qǔto capture
• 捉奸zhuō jiānto catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
• 捉对zhuō duìto pair off (for a confrontation)
• 捉急zhuō jíhumorous pronunciation of 着急

捉 in a sentence

• 我们把小偷捉住了。

  wǒ men bǎ xiǎo tōu zhuō zhù le 。

  We captured the thief.

• 不要捉弄老人家。

  bú yào zhuō nòng lǎo rén jiā 。

  Don't make fun of old people.

• 咱们玩儿捉迷藏吧。

  zán men wán ér zhuō mí cáng ba 。

  Let's play a game of blind man's buff.

• 他们利用陷阱捕捉狐狸。

  tā men lì yòng xiàn jǐng bǔ zhuō hú li 。

  Using a trap, they caught the fox.

• 我捉了两条鱼。

  wǒ zhuō le liǎng tiáo yú 。

  I caught two fish.

Characters that sound like 捉

桌卓拙灼镯啄酌浊茁擢