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獲

简获 · 繁獲

Mandarin · pinyin huò

(literary) to catch; to capture
(literary) to get; to obtain; to win

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获: huò · obtain, get, receive; seize

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4 · huo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

waai4 · wok6

Cantonese word readings for 獲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to catch; to capture
to obtain; to get; to receive; to win
game; catch
to be able to
(historical, derogatory) slave; maidservant
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 穫 /获 (“to reap; to harvest”)

character

only used in 獲鹿／获鹿 (Huòlù) (Old name of 鹿泉 (Lùquán))

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