捕

bǔ = bu + Ø3

to catch / to seize / to capture

捕 = 扌 + 甫 : Ivan Pavlov (甫) tries to catch (捕) Bruno Bear (bu) with a toy claw (扌) inside of the space station (Ø3) because he wants to conduct an experiment on him.

捕 character breakdown

捕
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 甫
  - 丶
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 月
    - 二
      - 一
    - ⺆
      - 丿
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

甫

fǔ = fu + Ø3

(classical) barely / just / just now

甫 = 丶 + 十 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: Ivan Pavlov, 巴甫洛夫, the scientist.

Ivan Pavlov (甫) taught Frieda Fox (fu) to jump over a big cross (十) and catch the moon on the other side (月) as soon as Pavlov waves with a petal leaf (丶) in the space station (Ø3).

Characters with 捕 as component

蒱

pú = pu + Ø2

gambling-game / sedges

Words with 捕

搜

so̅u

捕

bǔ

to hunt and arrest (fugitives) / to track down and arrest / a manhunt

捕

bǔ

猎

獵

liè

hunting

捕

bǔ

食

shí

to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food

捕

bǔ

风

風

fe̅ng

捉

zhuo̅

影

yǐng

lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence

猎

獵

liè

捕

bǔ

to hunt / hunting

缉

緝

ji̅

捕

bǔ

to seize / to apprehend / an arrest

捕

bǔ

头

頭

tóu

constable

螳

táng

螂

láng

捕

bǔ

蝉

蟬

chán

the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

撒

sa̅

网

網

wǎng

捕

bǔ

风

風

fe̅ng

lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom)

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