Chinese Character Wiki
蒦

huò

catch, get

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

Components
雈 iconic component

雈  Iconic component

huán

  

owl

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Evolution

蒦 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
蒦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蒦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蒦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蒦  

huò

to measure; to calculate; phonetic component in certain characters with sound huò, such as 護, 獲, 穫 and 擭

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

彟

Sound component in 10 characters (4 verified)

護 獲 穫 获 蠖 鑊 镬 劐 嚄 鹱

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

获

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qʷˤrak

hweak

huò

catch, get


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+84A6

Shuowen

“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。’”


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