捕 = 扌 + 甫

捕 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “catch”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 甫 (dog-tag). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1978.

Keyword: catch
RTK frame: 1978
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ホ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): と.らえる, と.らわれる, と.る, とら.える, とら.われる, つか.まえる, つか.まる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: ловить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 捕 arrest

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 捕 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finger” + “dog-tag”. 捕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 捕 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.