捉 zhuō
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 足 foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
捉
zhuō
to catch, to capture
Character
Example phrases
- 孩子在花园里捉蝴蝶，却不小心踩坏了花。 Háizi zài huāyuán lǐ zhuō húdié, què bù xiǎoxīn cǎi huài le huā. The child was catching butterflies in the garden but accidentally stepped on the flowers.
- 小猫趴在门口，想捉那只老鼠。 Xiǎo māo pā zài ménkǒu, xiǎng zhuō nà zhī lǎoshǔ. The kitten lies by the door, hoping to catch that mouse.
- 警察终于捉住了那个小偷。 Jǐngchá zhōngyú zhuōzhù le nàge xiǎotōu. The police finally caught that thief.
Related words
- 捕捉 bǔzhuō to catch; to capture; to grasp
- 捉迷藏 zhuōmícáng hide-and-seek; to hide and evade
- 钻 zuān to drill, to go into
- 捕 bǔ to catch, to capture
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve
- 扑 pū to pounce on
- 转 zhuàn to turn, to revolve
- 碰撞 pèngzhuàng to collide
- 赖 lài bad; to rely on, to depend on
- 落地 luòdì to land
- 脚印 jiǎoyìn footprint
- 滑行 huáxíng to glide, to slide