Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
Variants:
seize, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to
Kun:
え.る
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
964 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 獲得 【カクトク】 acquisition, possession
  • 獲得形質 【カクトクケイシツ】 acquired characteristics (as opposed to inherited)
  • 乱獲 【ランカク】 excessive fishing, overfishing, overhunting, excessive taking
  • 収獲 【シュウカク】 catch (fishing), bag (hunting), haul

Kun reading compounds

  • 得る 【える】 to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win, to understand, to comprehend, to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill), to be able to ..., can ...

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huo4
Korean:
hoeg

Spanish

  • agarrar
  • coger
  • conseguir
  • adquirir
  • ganar
  • tocarle (algo) a uno

Portuguese

  • prender
  • obter
  • achar
  • ganhar
  • adquirir
  • poder
  • ser capaz de

French

  • prise
  • capturer
  • obtenir
  • gagner
  • acquérir
  • pouvoir
  • pouvoir faire
1079 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1234 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2912 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1364 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1532 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1313 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1392 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1408 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1310 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
959 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
708 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20758X Morohashi
779 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3609 New Nelson (John Haig)
701 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
757 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1839 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2967 2001 Kanji
3g13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
4424.7 Four corner code
1-19-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7372 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
Kun:
え.るう.る
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 得 【トク】 profit, advantage, benefit, gain, rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
  • 得意 【トクイ】 satisfaction, pride, triumph, elation, one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty, regular customer, regular client, patron
  • 拾得 【シュウトク】 finding (lost property), picking up
  • 体得 【タイトク】 mastery, learning through experience, realization, realisation, comprehension

Kun reading compounds

  • 得る 【える】 to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win, to understand, to comprehend, to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill), to be able to ..., can ...
  • 得る 【うる】 to be able to ..., can ..., to get, to acquire, to obtain, to procure, to earn, to win, to gain, to secure, to attain
  • 得撫草 【うるっぷそう】 weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 てろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
de2, de5, dei3
Korean:
deug

Spanish

  • ventaja
  • beneficio
  • provecho
  • conseguir
  • obtener

Portuguese

  • ganho
  • obtem
  • achado
  • ganhar
  • adquirir
  • poder
  • capacidade
  • lucro
  • vantagem
  • benefício

French

  • obtenir
  • gain
  • gagner
  • trouver
  • acquérir
  • pouvoir
  • profit
  • avantage
  • bénéfice
850 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
587 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
761 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
358 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1622 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
340 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
523 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1299 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
374 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
375 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
643 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
631 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
577 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
351 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
435 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
885 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10137 Morohashi
477 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1755 New Nelson (John Haig)
876 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
941 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
167 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
574 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2048 2001 Kanji
3i8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
2624.1 Four corner code
1-38-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f97 Unicode hex code