获 huo4 - get obtain

Herbs and grasses on top 艹

Dog determinant  on the left犭 

wild war dog on the right 犬 quan3 un chien

Traditional form was a right hand on the lower right 又you4
beneath a jay-bird 隹zhui1

So it's the idea of Capturing a bird in the bush using hunting dogs later extended also to the idea of Gathering the Harvest

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Here's what google translate thinks (synonyms and colocations)


obtain    获得, 得到, 取得, 得, 获, 谋取
    
capture    捕获, 抓住, 占领, 捕, 攻克, 获
    
catch   抓住, 捕捉, 捉, 捕获, 抓, 获 reap 收割, 获

    
trap 弇, 获

 
harvest    收成, 收, 年成, 获, 年, 稔

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