掴む

摑む、 攫む、 把む、 捉む

Reading

Kana: つかむ

Romaji: tsukamu

Definitions

v5m

vt

1

to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch

Note: word usually written using kana alone

2

to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

掴

Readings: カク、 つか.む、 つか.まえる、 つか.まる

Meanings: catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture

攫

Readings: カク、 さら.う、 つか.む

Meaning: abduct

把

Readings: ハ、 ワ

Meanings: grasp, faggot, bunch, counter for bundles

捉

Readings: ソク、 サク、 とら.える

Meanings: catch, capture

Example Sentences

夢(ゆめ)をつかめ！！

➥Get the dream.

私(わたし)の腕(うで)をつかんだ。

➥He caught me by the arm.

雲(くも)をつかむような話(はなし)。

➥What you are saying doesn't make sense.

彼(かれ)の腕(うで)を掴(つか)んだ。

➥She took him by the arm.

彼(かれ)は私(わたし)に手(て)を掴(つか)んだ。

➥He took me by the hand.

僕(ぼく)は彼女(かのじょ)の手(て)を掴(つか)んだ。

➥I caught her by the hand.