# 捉

| 捉 | U+6349, &#25417; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6349 |
| ← 捈 [U+6348] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 捊 → [U+634A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

捉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口卜人 (QRYO), four-corner 5608$_1$, composition ⿰扌足)

#### Derived characters

* 𬳚 𫠼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12136
* Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1882, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6349

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 足 | *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ |
| 莡 | *sʰaːwɢ |
| 捉 | *ʔsoːɡ |
| 齪 | *sʰroːɡ, *sʰruɡ |
| 娖 | *zroːɡ |
| 浞 | *zroːɡ |
| 鋜 | *zroːɡ |
| 趗 | *sʰoːɡ, *sʰoɡ |
| 珿 | *sʰruɡ |
| 哫 | *ʔsoɡ |
| 促 | *sʰoɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsoːɡ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 足 (OC *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuō (zhuo$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$ / zuk$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chok
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zog$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiok / chok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cog$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tsoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuo
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^1$
*** Yale: jwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$ / zuk$^3$
*** Yale: jūk / juk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$ / dzuk$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$ / zug$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʊk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok
*** Hakka Romanization System: zog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔk̚¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok
*** Tâi-lô: tshiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiog
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok
*** Tâi-lô: tsok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshok
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tsoq
*** MiniDict: tsoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tsoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ⁵⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit捉 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂuo⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂuo²⁴/ /t͡suo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡suo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂuə²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂuo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /p͡fo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂuə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂuɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡suo²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡so³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡so²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂuɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡suʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕo²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sɔʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡so⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡so²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡so²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɔʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sok̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sok̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sok̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sɔk̚³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡suk̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sɔk̚³²/ /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/ 俗 |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sɔʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sɔ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰok̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sok̚⁵/ /t͡sak̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: tsraewk
Rime :
| Character | 捉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 側角切 |
| Baxter | tsraewk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂaɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃɔk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zok$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts](ˤ)rok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 捉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhuō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsræwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts](ˁ)rok/ |
| English | grasp (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 捉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17917 |
| Phonetic component | 足 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 捉 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsoːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

捉
* to grasp; to hold; to clutch
* to catch; to capture
       Tāmen zhuō dào le jǐ tiáo yú. [Pinyin]
       They caught several fish.
       Xiǎo chújī wéi zài mǔjī de zhōuwéi zhuō chóngzi. [Pinyin]
       The baby chicks are catching insects around the hen.
* to tease; to play tricks on
* to arrest (a person for a crime); to apprehend
* (Cantonese) to arrest for a crime
    捉違泊／捉违泊 [Cantonese] ― zuk$^1$ wai$^4$ paak$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to prosecute illegal parking
* (Cantonese, Hakka) to play (a board game)
    捉象棋 [Meixian Hakka] ― zog$^5$ xiong$^4$ ki$^2$ [Hakka Transliteration Scheme] ― to play Chinese chess
* (Wu) to pick; to pluck
    捉花 [Shanghainese] ― $^7$tsoq $^1$ho [Wugniu] ― to pick cotton
* (Wu) to pick up; to collect
    捉蹔𧉆／捉𫏐𧉆 [Shanghainese] ― $^7$tsoq $^6$ze-ciq [Wugniu] ― to pick up cigarette butts (figuratively)
    捉灘頭／捉滩头 [Shanghainese] ― $^7$tsoq-the-deu [Wugniu] ― to pick up leftover small fish on shores, after the main round of fishing

##### Synonyms

* (to catch):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 捉, 抓, 捕, 捕捉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 抓, 捉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 捉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 捉, 抓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 捉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 捉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 捉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 捉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 掠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 捉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 捉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 抲 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 抲 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 抲 |
* (to arrest):
* 俘獲 / 俘获 (fúhuò)
* 俘虜 / 俘虏 (fúlǔ)
* 囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
* 抓 (zhuā)
* 抓獲 / 抓获 (zhuāhuò)
* 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
* 拿獲 / 拿获 (náhuò)
* 捉拿 (zhuōná)
* 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
* 捕獲 / 捕获 (bǔhuò)
* 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
* 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
* 擒拿 (qínná)
* 擒獲 / 擒获 (qínhuò)
* 攝 / 摄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 查獲 / 查获 (cháhuò)
* 緝拿 / 缉拿 (jīná)
* 緝捕 / 缉捕 (jībǔ)
* 緝獲 / 缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
* 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
* 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
* 訪拿 / 访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
* 訪緝 / 访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
* 跴緝 / 跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
* 踩緝 / 踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
* 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
* 追拿 (zhuīná)
* 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
* 追擊 / 追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
* 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
* 追緝 / 追缉 (zhuījī)
* 逮捕
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 逮捕, 拘捕, 捕捉, 緝捕, 捉拿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 逮, 抓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 捉, 抓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 捉, 抓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 拉, 錔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 拉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 緝掠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 網, 網董 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 掠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 捕 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 揢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拔 |

#### Compounds

* 不可捉摸 (bùkězhuōmō)
* 代人捉刀
* 借茶活捉
* 勾捉
* 十捉九著
* 吐哺捉髮 / 吐哺捉发
* 密捉
* 成雙捉對 / 成双捉对
* 把捉 (bǎzhuō)
* 拿雲捉月 / 拿云捉月
* 捉事人
* 挾人捉將 / 挟人捉将
* 捉住
* 捉冷眼
* 捉刀 (zhuōdāo)
* 捉刀人
* 捉大頭 / 捉大头
* 捉奸捉雙
* 捉奸見床
* 捉奸見雙 / 捉奸见双
* 捉姦 / 捉奸 (zhuōjiān)
* 捉將挾人 / 捉将挟人
* 捉對 / 捉对
* 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
* 捉影捕風 / 捉影捕风
* 捉急 (zhuōjí)
* 捉手
* 捉拿 (zhuōná)
* 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
* 捕捉畋獵 / 捕捉畋猎
* 捉搦歌
* 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
* 捉摸不定
* 捉放曹
* 捉敗 / 捉败
* 捉月
* 捉漏
* 捉班做勢 / 捉班做势
* 捉生
* 捉生替死
* 捉盲盲
* 捉空
* 捉脈 / 捉脉
* 捉腳不住 / 捉脚不住
* 捉腳步 / 捉脚步
* 捉虎擒蛟
* 捉襟肘見 / 捉襟肘见
* 捉襟見肘 / 捉襟见肘
* 捉身不住
* 捉迷藏 (zhuō mícáng)
* 捉雞罵狗 / 捉鸡骂狗
* 捉頭 / 捉头
* 捉顫 / 捉颤
* 捉風捕影 / 捉风捕影
* 捕風捉影 / 捕风捉影 (bǔfēngzhuōyǐng)
* 捉髮 / 捉发
* 捉鼠拿貓 / 捉鼠拿猫
* 捉鼻
* 擒捉
* 收捉
* 水中捉月
* 活捉 (huózhuō)
* 活捉王魁
* 甕中捉鱉 / 瓮中捉鳖 (wèngzhōngzhuōbiē)
* 生擒活捉 (shēngqín huózhuō)
* 緝捉 / 缉捉
* 賊喊捉賊 / 贼喊捉贼 (zéihǎnzhuōzéi)
* 除紅捉綠 / 除红捉绿
* 難以捉摸 / 难以捉摸
* 難捉鼻 / 难捉鼻
* 馬捉老鼠 / 马捉老鼠

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 捉 – see 逐 (“to pursue; to chase after (someone)”). (This character is a variant form of 逐).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: さく (saku)
* Kun: とらえる (toraeru, 捉える, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 把(は)捉(そく) (hasoku, “grasping”)

## Korean
### Hanja

捉 • (chak) (hangeul 착, revised chak, McCune–Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

捉: Hán Việt readings: tróc
捉: Nôm readings: tróc, trốc, xóc, xốc, choắt, chộp
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#### References

* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).