获

穫
huò
#687 most
frequent character
obtain, win, reap, capture, catch
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

获 first meant 'to catch animals while hunting'. 犬 and 犭, both dog, are the meaning parts. 艹 is left over from older 蒦 huò, which supplied the sound in 獲. The sense grew to 'get', 'harvest', 'gather', and 'game'.

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Example Sentences

我想获得这次比赛的冠军。
wǒxiǎng huòdé zhècì bǐsài de guànjūn 。
I want to win the championship of this competition.
通过努力，我们获得了很好的成绩。
tōngguò nǔlì ， wǒmen huòdé le hěnhǎo de chéngjì 。
Through hard work, we have obtained very good results.
他捕获了一只大鱼。
tā bǔhuò le yīzhī dà yú 。
He caught a big fish.

Same Characters, Different Readings

获huò
obtain, win, reap, capture, catch

Words with similar meanings

获得huòdé
obtain
More formal; used in contexts relating to acquiring skills or knowledge.
赢得yíngde
win
Used specifically in the context of winning something, like a game or competition.
捕获bǔhuò
capture
Often used for capturing something physically, like an animal or object.

Homophones

或huò
or
货huò
goods, commodity, money
获huò
obtain, win, reap, capture, catch
霍huò
(literary) suddenly
惑huò
to confuse, to be puzzled

Words Starting With 获

获得huò dé
to obtain; to receive; to get

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