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獲

huò

catch, obtain

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 蒦 represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

蒦 sound component

蒦  Sound component

huò

  

catch, get

Evolution

獲 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
獲 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
獲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
獲 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
獲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

获 (獲) 

huò

obtain, get, receive; seize; to catch; to obtain; to capture

Most common words with 獲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

获得

to obtain

获

to catch

获胜

victorious

收获

to harvest

获取

to gain

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qʷˤrak

hweak

huò

catch (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 47.3170% of movies

877th most common character in movies

688th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

获

Unicode

U+7372

Shuowen

“獲，獵所獲也。从犬，蒦聲。”


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