Definify.com

Definition 2025

獲

獲

See also: 获

Translingual

Han character

獲 (radical 94 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿人水 (KHTOE), four-corner 44247, composition ⿰犭蒦)

  1. obtain, get, receive
  2. seize

References

  • KangXi: page 720, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20758
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1370, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+7372

Chinese

trad. 獲
simp. 获

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (蒦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
檴 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
鱯 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護 *ɢʷraːɡs
頀 *ɢʷraːɡs
濩 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄 *ɢʷraːɡs
鳠 *ɢʷraːɡs
擭 *ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁 *ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐 *qʰʷaːɡ
穫 *ɢʷaːɡ
鑊 *ɢʷaːɡ
矆 *qʰʷaɡ
鸌 *qʷaːɡ
雘 *qʷaːɡ
蠖 *qʷaːɡ
臒 *qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
嬳 *qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
彠 *qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄 *ɢʷraːɡ
獲 *ɢʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷraːɡ) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 蒦.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 獲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 麥 (120)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡麥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠwɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɛk̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɣwæk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣwæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huó
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 獲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huò
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwɛk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-qʷˤrak/
English catch (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 獲
Reading # 1/1
No. 5602
Phonetic
component		 蒦
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 獲
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷraːɡ/

Definitions

獲

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

  • 獲獎／获奖
  • 獲知／获知
  • 獲致／获致
  • 獲釋／获释

Japanese

Kanji

獲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. seize
  2. get
  3. find
  4. earn
  5. acquire
  6. can
  7. may
  8. able to

Readings

Korean

Hanja

獲 • ‎(hoek, hwak) (hangeul 획, 확, revised hoek, hwak, McCune-Reischauer hoek, hwak, Yale hoyk, hwak)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

獲 (hoạch, oách)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Similar Results