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Chinese symbol for “gain”

获取
huò qǔ
Traditional: 獲取
to gain; to get; to acquire

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gain is 获取 (huò qǔ), defined as: to gain; to get; to acquire.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

获 huò
to get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
取 qǔ
to take, to receive, to obtain; to select
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gain”

WordPinyinMeaning
赢利 (贏利)yíng lìgain; profit
得déto obtain; to get
成果chéng guǒresult; achievement
赢得 (贏得)yíng déto win; to gain
好处 (好處)hǎo chubenefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit

Related words

Other words that share a character with 获取.

WordPinyinMeaning
获得 (獲得)huò déto obtain; to receive; to get
获奖 (獲獎)huò jiǎngto win an award
收获 (收獲)shōu huòvariant of 收获 (shōu huò)
荣获 (榮獲)róng huòbe honored with
取得qǔ déto acquire; to get; to obtain
采取 (採取)cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
争取 (爭取)zhēng qǔto fight for; to strive for

See also: Japanese symbol for “gain”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.