获 (huò): (literary) to catch, to capture, (literary) to get, to obtain, to win, (bound form) to reap, to harvest
获 (huò) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) to catch.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural) and 犾 (structural). It ranks #688 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (literary) to catch
- to capture
- (literary) to get
- to obtain
- to win
- (bound form) to reap
- to harvest
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 获
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 获得verb | huò dé | to obtain | 4 |
| 收获verb/noun | shōu huò | variant of 收穫|收获[shou1 huo4] | 5 |
| 获取verb | huò qǔ | to gain | 4 |
| 获奖verb | huò jiǎng | to win an award | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 获胜 | huò shèng | victorious |
| 一无所获 | yī wú suǒ huò | to gain nothing |
| 获救 | huò jiù | to be rescued |
| 获得者 | huò dé zhě | recipient |
| 获利 | huò lì | profit |
| 截获 | jié huò | to intercept |
| 捕获 | bǔ huò | to catch |
| 俘获 | fú huò | to capture (enemy property or personnel) |
| 抓获 | zhuā huò | to arrest |
| 获准 | huò zhǔn | to obtain permission |
| 获奖者 | huò jiǎng zhě | prizewinner |
| 获悉 | huò xī | to learn of sth |
| 获益 | huò yì | to profit from sth |
| 破获 | pò huò | to uncover (a criminal plot) |
| 获释 | huò shì | freed (from prison) |
获 appears in 59 compound words: 42 as the first character, 53 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 获 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
他在比赛中获得了金牌，为国争光。
Tā zài bǐsài zhōng huòdé le jīnpái, wèi guó zhēngguāng.
He won the gold medal in the competition, bringing glory to his country.
桃园人妻晨间泼酸毁夫双眼 获缓刑理由曝光
táo yuán rén qī chén jiān pō suān huǐ fū shuāng yǎn huò huǎn xíng lǐ yóu pù guāng
Taoyuan wife splashed acid in the morning and destroyed her husband's eyes, and the reason for the suspended sentence was exposed
花样年境外债重组 终获债权人批准
huā yàng nián jìng wài zhài chóng zǔ zhōng huò zhài quán rén pī zhǔn
Fantasia's overseas debt restructuring was finally approved by creditors
8名中国游客在贝加尔湖落水,目前仅1人获救
8 míng zhōng guó yóu kè zài bèi jiā ěr hú luò shuǐ , mù qián jǐn 1 rén huò jiù
Eight Chinese tourists fell into the water in Lake Baikal, and only one has been rescued
2025年收获满满,山东信息职业技术学院向合作单位..
nián shōu huò mǎn mǎn , shān dōng xìn xī zhí yè jì shù xué yuàn xiàng gě zuò shàn wèi . .
2025 harvest full, Shandong Information Vocational Technology College to the cooperative unit...
你还是曾经那个少年!苏翊鸣斩获中国队首金
nǐ hái shì céng jīng nā gě shǎo nián ! sū 翊 míng zhǎn huò zhōng guó duì shǒu jīn
You're still the same young man! Su Yiming wins China's first gold medal
意料之外，收获颇丰。
Yìliàozhīwài, shōuhuò pō fēng.
Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.
奥运会最重要的不是获胜，而是参与。
àoyùnhuì zuì zhòngyào de bù shì huòshèng, érshì cānyù.
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.
我可以免费获取一份注册表格。
Wǒ kěyǐ miǎnfèi huòqǔ yī fèn zhùcèbiǎo gé.
I am able to obtain a registration form for free.
首次订购可获九五折的特别优惠。
Shǒucì dìnggòu kě huò jiǔ wǔ zhé de tèbié yōuhuì.
Your initial order is subject to a special discount of 5%.
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