逮

dài
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Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

逮 dǎi combines 辶, meaning walking or movement, with 隶 dài, which means 'to arrest from behind' and also hints at the sound. Together they give the first sense, 'to arrest someone,' which grew to 'catch, seize.' Read dài, the sense is 'to seize, overtake.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

逮dǎi
(coll.) to catch, to seize

Homophones

HSK 3
带dài
band, belt, girdle, ribbon, tire
HSK 4
戴dài
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
代dài
substitute, replace, take the place of
袋dài
bag, sack, pocket, pouch
待dài
to treat
贷dài
to lend on interest, to borrow
大dài
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

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