获知 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

huò obtain Simplified

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

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

蒦 Sound Simplified component

huò, wò catch, get

Sources

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

zhī know

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 矢 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

Transfer of knowledge is done through speech.

矢 Sound component

shǐ arrow

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

智痴蜘踟椥

Meaning (1)

智

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trje	tre	know

說文解字

《說文》：“知，詞也。从口，从矢。”

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)

huò catch, obtain Traditional

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

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

蒦 Sound component

huò, wò catch, get

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hweak	m-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)

获 huò obtain Simplified

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知 zhī know

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

獲 huò catch, obtain Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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huò obtain Simplified

zhī know

huò catch, obtain Traditional