捕 (bou6 | bu3) : arrest; catch; seize

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捕

bou6

bu3

arrest; catch; seize; capture; trap; hunt

Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

捕

This word has been viewed 6156 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Mar 2014 09:29

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捕獲 bou6 wok6 bu3 huo4 = capture; catch

捕撈 bou6 laau4 bu3 lao1 = to fish for; to catch

捕鼠器 bou6 syu2 hei3 bu3 shu3 qi4 = a mousetrap

捕捉 bou6 zuk1 bu3 zhuo1 = to catch

逮捕 dai6 bou6 dai4 bu3 = to arrest; to take into custody

拘捕 keoi1 bou6 ju1 bu3 = arrest

被捕 bei6 bou6 bei4 bu3 = be under arrest

搜捕 sau2 bou6 sou1 bu3 = hunt and arrest (fugitives)

拒捕 keoi5 bou6 = to be resisting arrest

捕鯨 bou6 king4 bu3 jing1 = whaling
See all 18 compounds (CantoDict reports 16 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 捕
Unicode code for this character: U+6355 (off-site link)

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