Kanji N1

獲: seize, get, find

獲 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning seize, get, find, written with 16 strokes. It is read カク (on) and える (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 獲得 (かくとく, acquisition) and 捕獲 (ほかく, capture).

獲

Meanings

  • seize
  • get
  • find
  • earn
  • acquire
  • can
  • may
  • able to
Strokes16
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#964 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • える

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 獲

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 獲得かくとく

    acquisition; possession

    JLPT N1
  • 捕獲ほかく

    capture; seizure

    JLPT N1
  • 獲物えもの

    prey; catch; kill; game

    JLPT N1
  • 漁獲ぎょかく

    fishery; fishing; catch; haul

  • 乱獲らんかく

    overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing

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