捉

zhuō

zh+uō·1st tone

to clutch · to grab

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 10 HSK 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

捉=扌+足

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to clutch

to grab

to capture

zhuō

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Words with 捉 98 total

to arrest · to seize · to capture捉捕zhuō bǔ to pair off (for a confrontation)捉对zhuō duì to capture捉获zhuō huò to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)捉奸zhuō jiān to fathom · to make sense of · to grasp捉摸zhuō mō to arrest · to catch a criminal捉拿zhuō ná to tease捉弄zhuō nòng to capture捉取zhuō qǔ to catch · to grapple with · to hold onto捉住zhuō zhù humorous pronunciation of zháo jí捉急zhuō jí to catch; to seize; to capture捕捉bǔ zhuō to capture alive活捉huó zhuō

Idioms with 捉 36 total Chain

lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom) · fig. to act blindly闭塞眼睛捉麻雀bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations · to act on hearsay evidence捕风捉影bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng

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