捕

Phono-semantic compound:

手 (hand radical) – semantic, showing action with the hand.

甫 (bo, “large, beginning”) – phonetic element, providing the sound.

Together, they depict the act of grasping or catching with the hand, hence the meanings “to catch, to arrest.”

Semantic range:

- to catch, seize (animals, objects);

- to arrest, apprehend (a person);

- figuratively, to capture or grasp firmly.

포획 (捕獲) – capture, seize

체포 (逮捕) – arrest

생포 (生捕) – capture alive

포수 (捕手) – catcher (in baseball) or hunter

어포 (漁捕) – fishing, fish-catching

Closely related in usage to 捉 (to grasp, to clutch), but 捕 is more formal/legalistic, often tied to arrest or official capture.