The kanji 穫 primarily conveys the meaning of "harvest" or "to reap." It signifies the act of gathering crops or the result of that action, often associated with agriculture and the seasonal cycle. It can also imply obtaining or gaining something, like a reward.

・On-yomi (音読み): カク (kaku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): と（る） (toru)—to harvest, to reap

⚫︎ 収穫 (shūkakku) Translation: Harvest; crop; gathering ⚫︎ 豊作を穫る (hōsaku o [kaku]ru) Translation: To have a good harvest. ⚫︎ 穫得 (kakutoku) Translation: Acquisition; obtaining

The kanji 穫 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side, 禾 (kome), represents "grain" or "rice plant," the semantic component. The right side, （霍, kaku), a phonetic component, provides the sound, and by association, indicates the action related to harvesting crops. The meaning evolved from the act of reaping grain.