Chinese symbol for “reap”
获
huò
Traditional: 穫
(bound form) to reap; to harvest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reap is 获 (huò), defined as: (bound form) to reap; to harvest.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reap”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收获 (收穫) | shōu huò | to harvest; to reap |
| 收割 | shōu gē | to harvest; to reap |
| 秋收 | qiū shōu | fall harvest; to reap |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 获.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 获得 (獲得) | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 获取 (獲取) | huò qǔ | to gain; to get; to acquire |
| 获奖 (獲獎) | huò jiǎng | to win an award |
| 收获 (收獲) | shōu huò | variant of 收获 (shōu huò) |
| 荣获 (榮獲) | róng huò | be honored with |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reap”.
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.