捕
Meaningscatcharrestcaptureseize
How to remember
'Ho' — Use your HAND to *HO*LD and *catch* a criminal! The right part of the character (甫) looks like a net or a trap, and the left `手` (hand) is reaching out to *catch* something with it. Vocabulary
捕まるつかまる
to be caught, to get arrested 捕まえるつかまえる
to catch, to arrest (someone/something) 捕獲ほかく
capture, seizure (of animals, fish, etc.) 捕らえるとらえる
to catch, to capture; to grasp (a meaning)