arrest / capture
N1- Onyomi
- タイ
- Stroke count
- 11
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 逮 down and you get 隶 (catch / servant) — a hand stretched out, just closing on the tail of whatever it is made to follow, and beside it ⻌ (road / movement) — a road running along the bottom of the character. Picture a road disappearing through a tunnel cut into a hillside, put 逮 inside it, and let that scene stand for "arrest" — arrest / capture. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 11
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は11画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 11 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
逮捕
taiho
arrest
逮捕する
taihosuru
to do arrest
逮捕した
taihoshita
plain past: did arrest
逮捕します
taihoshimasu
polite: do arrest
逮捕しない
taihoshinai
plain negative: does not do arrest
逮捕中です
taihochuudesu
in the middle of arrest
Example sentences (4)
警察は容疑者を逮捕しました。
けいさつ は ようぎしゃ を たいほ しました。
keisatsu wa yougisha o taiho shimashita.
The police arrested the suspect.
逮捕に至るまでには、地道な捜査の積み重ねがありました。
たいほ に いたる まで に は、じみち な そうさ の つみかさね が ありました。
taiho ni itaru made ni wa, jimichi na sousa no tsumikasane ga arimashita.
Before it came to an arrest, there was a long accumulation of patient investigation.
経理担当者が横領で逮捕されました。
けいり たんとうしゃ が おうりょう で たいほ されました。
keiri tantousha ga ouryou de taiho saremashita.
The accountant was arrested for embezzlement.
群衆を扇動した男が逮捕されました。
ぐんしゅう を せんどう した おとこ が たいほ されました。
gunshuu o sendou shita otoko ga taiho saremashita.
The man who incited the crowd was arrested.