Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 蒦 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
获
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
获 / 獲 [huò]
to catch; to obtain; to capture
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (56)
获得 [huòdé] #1,098
to obtain
获胜 [huòshèng] #2,634
victorious
获取 [huòqǔ] #5,613
to gain
获悉 [huòxī] #17,268
to learn of sth
获奖 [huòjiǎng] #9,313
to win an award
抓获 [zhuāhuò] #15,970
to arrest
一无所获 [yīwúsuǒhuò] #6,513
to gain nothing
获利 [huòlì] #12,434
profit
获得者 [huòdézhě] #12,000
recipient
获救 [huòjiù] #11,523
to rescue
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JAPANESE WORDS (35)
⭐ 獲物 [えもの] #3,535
prey
⭐ 獲得 [かくとく] #5,062
acquisition
⭐ 捕獲 [ほかく] #9,056
capture
獲る [とる] #13,512
to catch (a wild animal or fish)
獲れる [とれる] #24,160
to be caught (of a wild animal or fish)
地位を得る [ちいをえる] #38,503
to acquire a position
一攫千金 [いっかくせんきん] #42,325
getting rich quick
⭐ 乱獲 [らんかく] #45,212
overfishing
鹵獲 [ろかく] #49,160
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.)
魚を取る [さかなをとる] #56,343
to catch fish
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