TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
獲得
ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ · huòdé
verb — to obtain; to gain; to win; to acquire
字源 FORM — what the parts do
獲to harvest; to capture; to obtain (獲得的獲)huò犭(dog/hunting animal) at left; 蒦 huò gives the sound — a hunting animal retrieving game; extended to: to capture, to obtain
得to get; to obtain (得到的得)dé彳(step) at left; 㝵 (hand picking something up, with 寸 = hand + 見 = see) → a walker who spots and picks something up
獲得，獲獎的獲，得到的得。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
獵犬（犭）叼回獵物（獲）；走路時（彳）撿到東西（得）——都是到手了。
A hound (犭) retrieves game (獲, 犭+蒦); a walker (彳) picks something up from the ground (得, 彳+㝵) — both: it is now in your hands.
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