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获

huò

HSK 4 Character Traditional 獲

What 获 means

1. literaryto catch; to capture
2. literaryto get; to obtain; to win

Other readings

获 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huòto reap; to harvest

Example sentences

• 别被抓获了。
  Bié bèi zhuāhuò le.
  Don't get caught.
• 他劳无所获。
  He wasn't given any reward for his service.
• 钸很难获得。
  Plutonium is hard to come by.
• 他会获救的。
  He'll be saved.
• 囚犯重获自由。
  Qiúfàn chónghuò zìyóu.
  The prisoner was set at liberty.
• 我们大获全胜。
  Wǒmen dàhuòquánshèng.
  We were completely victorious.

Words starting with 获

• 获得huò déto obtain; to receive; to get
• 获取huò qǔto gain; to get; to acquire
• 获奖huò jiǎngto win an award
• 获悉huò xīto learn of sth; to find out; to get news
• 获利huò lìprofit; to obtain benefits; benefits obtained
• 获胜huò shèngto win
• 获得者huò dé zhěrecipient
• 获准huò zhǔnto obtain permission
• 获释huò shìfreed (from prison); to obtain release
• 获知huò zhīto learn of (an event); to hear about (sth)
• 获奖者huò jiǎng zhěprizewinner
• 获益huò yìto profit from sth; to get benefit
• 获救huò jiùto be rescued; to be saved
• 获报huò bàoto receive a report; to receive intelligence, information etc
• 获客huò kèto acquire customers; customer acquisition
• 获得性huò dé xìngacquired (i.e. not inborn)
• 获得感huò dé gǎnsense of gain
• 获罪huò zuìto be deemed guilty; to be convicted
• 获益者huò yì zhěbeneficiary
• 获刑huò xíngto be punished
• 获批huò pīto be approved
• 获胜者huò shèng zhěvictor
• 获嘉县Huò jiā XiànHuojia, a county in Xinxiang City 新乡市
• 获赠huò zèngto receive; to be given; to be presented with

Words containing 获

• 收获shōu huòto harvest; to reap; to gain
• 查获chá huòto track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)
• 荣获róng huòbe honored with
• 抓获zhuā huòto arrest
• 破获pò huòto uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture
• 一无所获yī wú suǒ huòto gain nothing; to end up empty-handed
• 缴获jiǎo huòto capture; to seize
• 捕获bǔ huòto catch; to capture; to seize
• 如获至宝rú huò zhì bǎoas if gaining the most precious treasure
• 俘获fú huòto capture (enemy property or personnel); capture…
• 不劳而获bù láo ér huò(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
• 截获jié huòto intercept; to cut off and capture
• 擒获qín huòto apprehend; to capture; to seize
• 接获jiē huòto receive (a call, report etc)
• 重获chóng huòto regain
• 不求收获bù qiú shōu huònot expecting any reward; not asking for favors
• 收获节shōu huò jiéharvest festival
• 拿获ná huòto capture; to apprehend
• 寻获xún huòto find; to track down; to recover (sth lost)
• 稳获wěn huòto be certain to get
• 搜获sōu huòto find; to capture (after search); to uncover (evidence)
• 大获全胜dà huò quán shèngto seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory…
• 渔获yú huòfish catch
• 捉获zhuō huòto capture

Characters that look like 获

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 菇gū(bound form) mushroom
• 荻díAnaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed); used in Japanese names with phonetic value…

Sounds the same

Read huò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 或maybe; perhaps; might
• 货goods; money; commodity
• 霍(literary) suddenly
• 惑to confuse; to be puzzled
• 祸disaster; misfortune; calamity
• 嚯(onomatopoeia) expressing admiration or surprise; (onomatopoeia) sound of a laugh
• 豁open; clear; liberal-minded; generous; to exempt; to remit
• 和to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes
• 镬wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
• 藿Lophanthus rugosus; beans
• 嚄(interj.) oh!
• 蠖looper caterpillar