蒦
huò

catch, get

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Depicts a hand (又) catching an owl (雈).

Components

雈
雈 Iconic component

艹 is a component form of 艸. The purpose of this component is unclear.

又
又 Iconic component

The purpose of this component is unclear.


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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)