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音読おんよみ: タイ

訓読くんよみ: none*

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: 辶(しんにょう)

Meaning

Reach / Pursue / Apprehend / Capture

  • 逮捕たいほ — arrest by the police
  • 逮捕状たいほじょう — arrest warrant issued by a court
  • 逮捕者たいほしゃ — person who has been arrested

On the left, the radical 辶(しんにょう) shows movement along a road. The rest of the character supplies the sound タイ and hints at the idea of reaching someone you are chasing. Together, is used when the pursuit catches up — especially in police terms like 逮捕.

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