The kanji 捉: meaning, readings and stroke order

捉

Meaning: catch, grasp
On reading: ソク soku
Kun reading: とら（える） toraeru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bắt, nắm bắt (tróc)
Japanese: とらえる。つかまえる。
Korean: 잡다, 붙잡다 (착)
Chinese: 捉、抓住

Readings, words and example sentences

ソク soku · on reading · less common

捕ほ捉そく
catching, picking up (a signal)
電波を 捕ほ捉そくします。
It picks up radio waves.

とら（える） toraeru · kun reading · less common

捉とらえる
to grasp, to catch
話の要点を 捉とらえます。
I catch the main point of the talk.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.