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拾

拾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひろう。
  2. あつめる。
  3. とお。漢数字「十」の大字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「合」。「ひろう」を意味する漢語｛拾｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュウJHS
  • ジュウJHS
Kun (native)
  • ひろ(う)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音shi2
  • 拼音she4
  • 한글seub
  • 한글sib
  • Hán-ViệtThập
  • Hán-ViệtThiệp
  • Hán-ViệtKiệp

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+62FE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌合

Words using this kanji

  • 拾い物ひろいものfound article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck
  • 拾うひろうひろう 参照to pick up, to gather, to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped), to select
  • 拾得しゅうとく遺失物を拾うこと。 中国唐代の奇僧。finding (lost property), picking up
  • 拾い上げるひろいあげるto pick up, to pick out (e.g. key points in an article), to single out, to point out
  • 拾遺しゅうい洩れているものを拾って補うこと。 官職名。 香の一種。gleaning, gleanings
  • 拾いひろいpicking up, gathering, person who picks things up, type-picking
  • 拾得物しゅうとくぶつ拾得した他人の遺失物。found article
  • 拾い主ひろいぬしfinder (of lost property)
  • 拾得者しゅうとくしゃfinder (of lost property)
  • 拾い屋ひろいやrag-picker
  • 拾い目ひろいめpicking up stitches (knitting)
  • 拾い箸ひろいばしpassing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)
  • 拾い画ひろいがimage found on the Internet (as opposed to created by oneself)
  • 拾い足ひろいあしwalking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)
  • 拾い子ひろいごfoundling, rescued child
  • 拾い出すひろいだすto single out, to select
  • 拾い読みひろいよみreading only the important parts, reading here and there, skimming through, browsing
  • 拾い歩きひろいあるき(a) wander, amble, walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)
  • 拾い食いひろいぐいscavenging for food
  • 拾い集めるひろいあつめるto gather, to (pick up and) collect, to glean (information)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
5806.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c6.14
Heisig
720
Nelson
1901