把捉

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	to clutch; to grab; to capture
simp. and trad. (把捉)		把	捉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎzhuō

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² zuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎzhuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎjhuo
  - Wade–Giles: pa³-cho¹
  - Yale: bǎ-jwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baajuo
  - Palladius: бачжо (bačžo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa² zuk¹
  - Yale: bá jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa² dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba² zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Verb

把捉

(often figurative) to grasp; to control; to master

Japanese

Kanji in this term
把	捉
は Grade: S	そく Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 把捉 (pæ^X + tsræwk, literally “grasp + grasp”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はそく [hàsókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠so̞kɯ̟]

Noun

把(は)捉(そく) • (hasoku)

grasping

Verb

把(は)捉(そく)する • (hasoku suru) suru (stem 把(は)捉(そく)し (hasoku shi), past 把(は)捉(そく)した (hasoku shita))

grasp

Conjugation

Conjugation of "把捉する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	把捉し	はそくし	hasoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	把捉し	はそくし	hasoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	把捉する	はそくする	hasoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	把捉する	はそくする	hasoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	把捉すれ	はそくすれ	hasoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	把捉せよ¹ 把捉しろ²	はそくせよ¹ はそくしろ²	hasoku seyo¹ hasoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	把捉される	はそくされる	hasoku sareru
Causative	把捉させる把捉さす	はそくさせるはそくさす	hasoku saseru hasoku sasu
Potential	把捉できる	はそくできる	hasoku dekiru
Volitional	把捉しよう	はそくしよう	hasoku shiyō
Negative	把捉しない	はそくしない	hasoku shinai
Negative continuative	把捉せず	はそくせず	hasoku sezu
Formal	把捉します	はそくします	hasoku shimasu
Perfective	把捉した	はそくした	hasoku shita
Conjunctive	把捉して	はそくして	hasoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	把捉すれば	はそくすれば	hasoku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“把捉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026