Kanji: 捕

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 4 (covered during 7th through 9th grades)
Grade:	Taught during the 7th through 9th grades in Japan
Radical:	手(扌龵) Radical name: て（てへん）
Meaning:	Catch, capture
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 600 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	捕(つか)まえる	to seize
N3	逮捕(たいほ)	arrest, apprehension, capture
N3	捕(つか)まる	to be caught, to be arrested
N2	捕(とら)える	to seize, to grasp, to capture, to arrest
N2	捕(と)る	to take, to catch (fish), to capture
N1	捕(と)らえる	to seize, to grasp, to capture, to arrest
N1	捕獲(ほかく)	capture, seizure
N1	捕鯨(ほげい)	whaling, whale fishing
N1	捕吏(ほり)	constable
N1	捕虜(ほりょ)	prisoner (of war)