獲 – seize, get, find

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#964 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 獲 means seize, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク (kaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is え.る (eru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 犬 (no. 94).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カク	kaku
Kun’yomi	え.る	eru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 犬 (Kangxi radical 94). Components: 犯・又・艾・隹.

Words using 獲

獲物えものprey獲得かくとくacquisition捕獲ほかくcapture

Example sentences

ワシは獲物めがけて急降下した。

The eagle dived at its prey.

Tatoeba #191978

その子供達２人が賞を獲得した。

Both of the children won a prize.

Tatoeba #210106

私たちは、昨日、森に行き、２頭の鹿を捕獲した。

We went hunting in the forest and caught two deer yesterday.

Tatoeba #166746

Kanji with the same radical

状独献狙犯猛犬狭狂獄猫獣猿狩狡

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