10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

catch, capture

Kun'yomi
  • to catch ②to grasp (e.g. meaning) ③to captivate
On'yomi
  • ソク
  • サク

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

とらえる 54.9%
ソク 45.1%

Character Breakdown

catch, capture
とら.える ソク サク (11th)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし た.りる ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)

Common Words

to catch ②to grasp (e.g. meaning) ③to captivate
capture ②apprehension
trying to reach above one's station and failing
grasping (a meaning)
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References

Unicode hex code 6349
JIS X 0208 1-34-10
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1909
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2159
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 433
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 518
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 391
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2260
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1374
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12136
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1660
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c7.1
Four corner code 5608.1