Keyword
grab and hold
- catch
- capture
- Frequency
- #1976
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 8
- Heisig
- 1374
Readings
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Mnemonic
Use your left hand to snatch the runaway chicken and a foot to pin it down, and you grab and hold it at last.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
捉える
to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features); to captivate; …
Ichidan verb
捉われる
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by
Ichidan verb