捕
bǔ · HSK 6
seize
🫳 捕 = 扌(hand) + 甫 (fǔ); hand component signals seize/catch
Left radical 扌 is the hand-action marker found in 抓 (grab), 拿 (take), 打 (hit). Right side 甫 gives a near-rhyme phonetic clue: fǔ → bǔ. So 捕 reads as a hand-verb pronounced like 甫 — to seize or arrest.
捕 — hand radical 扌 + 甫 (phonetic)
捕 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 (手) signals an action done with the hand, while 甫 supplies the sound (related to bǔ/fǔ). Together they convey 'to seize' or 'to catch' with the hand, as in capturing a person or animal.