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获 is the simplified form of the traditional characters 獲 and 穫, merging their meanings into a single character. In the traditional script, 獲 is a phono-semantic compound: the animal radical 犭 suggests capturing wild animals during a hunt, while 蒦 (huò) provides the sound. 穫, by contrast, employs the grain radical 禾 to indicate the harvesting of crops. The simplified 获 replaces the phonetic 蒦 with the simpler elements 艹 (grass) and 犬 (dog), resulting in a structure of 艹 on top and 犭 alongside 犬 below. This unites the ideas of hunting and reaping, and the character now serves broadly to mean obtaining, capturing, or harvesting something.
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他获得了奖。
农民收获粮食。
她终于获救了。
我们获得了胜利。
这次比赛他获得第一名。
经过努力，他获得了成功。
在科学研究中，他获得了重要发现。
由于他的贡献，他获得了国际奖项的认可。
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