捉获
zhuō​huò

capture

捉 zhuō grasp

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 足 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

足
足 Sound component
zú foot

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsræwk[ts](ˤ)rokgrasp (v.)
Zhengzhangʔsoːɡ
Unicodejrak

說文解字

搤也。从手足聲。一曰握也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

获 huò obtain Simplified

Simplified form of 獲 and 穫. Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 蒦 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

蒦
蒦 SoundSimplified component
huò, wò catch, get

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

獲 huò catch, obtain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 蒦 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

蒦
蒦 Sound component
huò, wò catch, get

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweakm-qʷˤrak catch (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“獲，獵所獲也。从犬，蒦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)