huò​zèng

receive

huò obtain Simplified

Simplified form of and . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

is a component form of .

huò, wò catch, get

Sources

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

zèng give present Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell
Sound component
céng already

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Unicode

huò catch, obtain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

is a component form of .

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

give present Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell
Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzongH[dz]ˤəŋ-sgive
Zhengzhangzɯːŋs
Unicodedzhə̀ng

說文解字

玩好相送也。从貝曾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica