huò

trap catch animals

Evolution

擭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
擭 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

 

trap catch animals, snare; seize

 

huò

trap

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qʷˤrak-s

hwaeH

huò

catch, a trap

*qʷˤrak

'waek

catch (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+64ED

Shuowen

“擭,搫擭也。一曰布擭也。一曰握也。从手,蒦聲。”


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