拾 – pick up, gather, find

9 strokesTaught in grade 3#1479 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 拾 means pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ、ジュウ (shuu, juu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひろ.う (hirou). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
On’yomi	ジュウ	juu
Kun’yomi	ひろ.う	hirou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 口・个・扎・一.

Words using 拾

拾うひろうto pick up

Example sentences

床からペンを拾って下さい。

Please pick up the pen from the floor.

Tatoeba #146484

この財布はどこで拾ったのですか。

Where did you find this wallet?

Tatoeba #221895

ホテルの前で私を車で拾ってください。

Please pick me up by car in front of the hotel.

Tatoeba #196196

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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