捉

捉
zhuo̅ = zhu + o1
to clutch / to grab / to capture
捉 = 扌 + 足 : In front of the observatory (o1) Julian Giant Squid (zhu) catches (捉) a football (足) using eight toy claws (扌).

捉 character breakdown

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.
足
jù = ju + Ø4
excessive
足
zú = zu + Ø2
foot / to be sufficient / ample
足 = 龰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.

Characters with 捉 as component

捉 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 捉

捉
住
to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto
活
捉
to capture alive
捉
摸
to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp
捉
拿
to arrest / to catch a criminal
捕
捕
风
風
捉
捉
影
影
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
捉
捉
拿
拿
归
歸
案
案
to bring to justice
捉
捉
襟
襟
见
見
肘
肘
lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet
瓮
甕
中
中
捉
捉
鳖
鱉
to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target / a turkey shoot
贼
賊
喊
喊
捉
捉
贼
賊
lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
闭
閉
塞
塞
眼
眼
睛
睛
捉
捉
麻
麻
雀
雀
lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom) / fig. to act blindly
关
關
门
門
捉
捉
贼
賊
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
难
難
以
以
捉
捉
摸
摸
elusive / hard to pin down / enigmatic

Sentences with 捉

臣
chén
奉
fèng
旨
zhǐ
前
qián
去
qù
捉
zhuo̅
拿
ná
妖
ya̅o
猴
hóu
I went to capture the demon monkey.