잡다
jap-da
잡다 is pinning down whatever is moving
The picture Something in motion seized by the hand and held so it cannot move any more. 잡다 seizes and pins a thing in place; 놓다 takes the hand off and leaves it as it is.
Where the picture shows up in 잡다
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grip the handle
손잡이 꽉 잡으세요.
son-ja-bi kkwak ja-beu-se-yo
Hold on to the handrail tightly.
On a lurching bus, five fingers wrap tight around the handrail
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catch what's passing
여기서는 택시 잡기가 힘들어요.
yeo-gi-seo-neun taek-si jap-gi-ga him-deu-reo-yo
It's hard to catch a taxi around here.
An arm goes out toward an oncoming taxi and stops it at the kerb
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pin the date down
회의 날짜를 다음 주로 잡았어요.
hoe-ui nal-jja-reul da-eum ju-ro ja-ba-sseo-yo
We've set the meeting for next week.
A drawing pin is pressed into one date on the calendar, fixing it in the stream of days
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catch the one running
범인을 잡았대요.
beo-mi-neul ja-bat-dae-yo
They say they caught the culprit.
Someone running away is grabbed by the arm from behind and brought to a halt
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pin a number down
예산은 넉넉하게 잡았어요.
ye-sa-neun neong-neo-ka-ge ja-ba-sseo-yo
We set the budget generously.
A number that had been wobbling up and down is stopped at one notch and written into the table
잡다 also means to estimate and settle on a figure, as in 넉넉하게 잡다.
All of it in one picture
잡다 is catching something in motion and holding it so it cannot move any more. Catch a handrail and you are gripping it; catch a passing taxi and you have hailed one; catch a person running and the culprit is caught. Catch one date out of the stream of days and the meeting is set; catch a wobbling number and the budget is fixed. So anything with 잡다 in it contains that instant where a moving thing comes to a stop and stays.