獲 – vocab dash

Keyword

capture in a hunt

seize
get
find
earn
acquire
can
may
able to

Frequency: #964
Strokes: 16
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 757

Readings

カク80%

え20%

Mnemonic

Sailors hide their seafaring vessel under blades of grass on the beach, so any animal that wanders aboard is theirs to capture in a hunt and roast.

Stroke order

Composed of

犭animal 艹blades of grass 隻(seafaring) vessel

Used in vocabulary

獲える

to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win; to understand; …

Ichidan verb

獲かく得とく

acquisition; possession

Noun

捕ほ獲かく

capture; seizure

Noun

獲え物もの

prey; catch; kill; game; spoils; trophy; loot; plunder

Noun

漁ぎょ獲かく

fishery; fishing; catch; haul

Noun

乱らん獲かく

overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting

Noun

獲とる

to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

Godan verb

一いっ獲かく千せん金きん

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

Noun

鹵ろ獲かく

capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder

Noun

混こん獲かく

by-catch; bycatch

Noun

姑う獲ぶ鳥め

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore

Noun