Chinese Character 獲 Meanings and components.

Form

獲

Meaning

獲 meaning[3] in English

To Catch.

To Obtain.

To Capture.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 獲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and phonetic component in … (蒦)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHTOE

How to write 獲

To write獲huo4to catch you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 蒦huo4phonetic component … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 蒦 = 獲

獲 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 獲 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 獲, looks as follow:

獲
Pinyin:huo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Catch . To Obtain . To Capture
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
蒦
Pinyin:huo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Phonetic Component In Certain Characters With Sound Huò, Such As 護, 獲, 穫 And 擭
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
隻
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Classifier For Birds And Certain Animals, One Of A Pair, Some Utensils, Vessels Etc
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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