Chinese Character 捉 Meanings and components.

Form

捉

Meaning

捉 meaning[3] in English

To Clutch.

To Grab.

To Capture.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 捉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and excessive (足)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QRYO

How to write 捉

To write捉zhuo1to clutch you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 足zu2excessive arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 足 = 捉

捉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 捉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 捉, looks as follow:

捉
Pinyin:zhuo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Clutch . To Grab . To Capture
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
足
Pinyin:zu2
Meaning[3]: Excessive
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
龰
Pinyin:龰5 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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