捕

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to catch; to seize; to capture

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 甫 sound ( fǔ )

Components 扌甫

capture · Heisig RSH #2795

fingers + dog tag

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
望风捕影	wàng fēng bǔ yǐng	see 捕風捉影\|捕风捉影[bu3 feng1 zhuo1 ying3]
捕食者	bǔ shí zhě	predator
捕头	bǔ tóu	head constable (in imperial China)
捕虫叶	bǔ chóng yè	insect-catching leaf
捕手	bǔ shǒu	catcher
捕鼠器	bǔ shǔ qì	mousetrap
捕鱼	bǔ yú	to catch fish; to fish
比捕	bǐ bǔ	(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal; Taiwan pr. [bi4 bu3]
长嘴捕蛛鸟	cháng zuǐ bǔ zhū niǎo	(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
捕食	bǔ shí	to prey on; to catch and feed on; to hunt for food
捕杀	bǔ shā	to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
捕快	bǔ kuài	bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China)
捕风捉影	bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng	lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to ac…
纹背捕蛛鸟	wén bèi bǔ zhū niǎo	(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
不逮捕特权	bù dài bǔ tè quán	the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duratio…
追捕	zhuī bǔ	to pursue; to be after; to hunt down
捕鼠	bǔ shǔ	to catch mice
拿捕	ná bǔ	to detain; to apprehend; to capture
捕拿	bǔ ná	to arrest; to capture; to catch
巡捕房	xún bǔ fáng	(old) police station in a foreign concession 租界[zu1 jie4]

Characters sharing the sound component 甫 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
甫 sound part	fǔ	to begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li
铺	pù	shop, store; bed, mattress
浦	pǔ	beach, shore, river bank; surname
辅	fǔ	side road; to assist, to coach, to tutor
哺	bǔ	to chew; to feed
埔	pǔ	arena; market; plain; port
圃	pǔ	garden, orchard, plot of farmland
脯	pú	dried meat; preserved fruits
匍	pú	to crawl; to lie prostrate
逋	bū	to flee, to run away; to leave a debt unsettled
莆	pú	a kind of legendary tree
乶	fǔ	Pholha, a place in Korea
尃	fū	to announce, to state
晡	bū	late afternoon
黼	fǔ	embroidered official or sacrificial robe