Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

604 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: catch, capture

Kunyomi: 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

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

手(ほしゅ)   catcher

虜(ほりょ)   prisoner of war

鯨船(ほげいせん)   whaling ship

獲する(ほかくする)   capture, seize

する(たいほする)   arrest, apprehend

らえる(とらえる)   seize, capture, arrest [v.t.]

る(とる)   take, catch, capture [v.t.]

まえる(つかまえる)   catch, arrest, seize [v.t.]

まる(つかまる)   be caught, be arrested [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

ホゲイ whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing

ホカク capture, seizure

サイホ collecting (plants and animals), gathering, capturing, catching

再逮 サイタイホ rearrest, recapture

Kunyomi Examples

捉える とらえる to catch, to capture, to seize, to arrest, to grab, to catch hold of, to grasp (e.g. meaning), to perceive, to capture (e.g. features), to captivate, to move (one's heart)

らわれる とらわれる to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by

とる to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.), to capture

捉える とらえる to catch, to capture, to seize, to arrest, to grab, to catch hold of, to grasp (e.g. meaning), to perceive, to capture (e.g. features), to captivate, to move (one's heart)

らわれる とらわれる to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by

まえる つかまえる to catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain, to grab, to clutch, to grasp, to seize, to hold on to, to catch hold of (someone), to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street), to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.), to hold (someone) back, to detain, towards (someone), at (someone), in (someone's) face

まる つかまる to be caught, to be arrested, to hold on to, to grasp, to find (e.g. proof), to get (e.g. a taxi), to be detained by