捕 means “catch, capture”

つかまえる · tsukamaeru

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とらえる, とらわれる, とる, つかまえる, つかまる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホ

JLPT N3 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) reaching out and closing, with 甫 lending the sound ho. Children 捕まえる beetles in summer nets, the police make a 逮捕, an arrest, and in baseball the 捕手 is the catcher crouched behind the plate.

Used in 捕まえる (tsukamaeru, to catch), 逮捕 (taiho, arrest), and 捕手 (hoshu, catcher)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.