Character: 獲
Modern (Beijing) reading: huò
Preclassic Old Chinese: whrāk
Classic Old Chinese: whrāk
Western Han Chinese: whrāk
Eastern Han Chinese: whrāk
Early Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k
Middle Chinese: ɣwạik
English meaning : to catch, take; hit, succeed
Russian meaning[s]: 1) поймать, схватить; получить, приобрести, добыть; добыча, трофей; 2) вышло, получилось; удалось; 3) древн. рабыня
Comments: The word clearly rhymes in *-āk and xie-sheng is unmistakable, thus MC -ạik is irregular (*ɣwạ̈ik would be a normal reflex). OC *wh- is indicated by the aspirated reflex in Fuzhou khek8.
Radical: 94
Four-angle index: 6006
Karlgren code: 0784 d, a-c
Shijing occurrences: 27.4
