漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
獲: seize, get
Also: find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to
JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- ⺨beast(meaning)
- 蒦(sound)
⺨ carries the meaning · 蒦 gives the sound
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
カクkaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 獲得かくとく
- 捕獲ほかく
- 漁獲ぎょかくfishery; fishing; catch
- 乱獲らんかくoverfishing; overhunting
えるeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 獲物えものprey; catch; kill
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Watch the wild beast stalking through the brush! These three quick strokes capture the energy of a four-legged animal on the prowl.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side獲 seize · ⺨
vs穫 harvest · 禾In ChineseSimplified 获 · traditional, as in Japanese · huò
Japan keeps the traditional form 獲; mainland China simplifies it to 获.
- Simplified
- 获 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 獲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huò most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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