逮
Mnemonic
A thief bolts down a narrow path, but he's clutching stolen watercolor paintings that drip vivid streaks behind him. Officers follow the bright watercolor trail along the path—blue, red, green splatters on the pavement—until they corner and apprehend him at a dead end.
Additional thoughts
Picture the colorful drip-trail like a dotted line on a map leading police straight to the suspect. The path is the pursuit route; the watercolor is both the stolen loot and the evidence that betrays him.Quick recall
Officers trace watercolor drips along a path to apprehend the art thief.Details
The keyword for 逮 is apprehend. This kanji refers to the act of catching, seizing, or arresting someone, particularly in a legal or law enforcement context. It conveys the idea of pursuing and successfully capturing a person, most commonly associated with the formal arrest of a suspect. In Japanese, it is prominently used in the compound 逮捕, meaning "arrest" or "apprehension."
- On'yomi
- たい