huò

catch, get

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approved by Hsmq · Mar 22, 2026, 03:40 PM

New strokes (Divided top horizontal line because it isn't from 艹)

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Depicts a hand () catching an owl ().

Components

Iconic component
huán owl
Iconic component
yòu hand

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweakm-qʷˤrak catch, get

說文解字

《說文》:“蒦,規蒦,商也。从又持雈。一曰,視遽皃;一曰,蒦,度也。彠,蒦或从尋。尋亦度也。《楚詞》曰:‘求矩彠之所同。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica