Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

122 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: take, fetch, take up

Kunyomi: と.る と.り と.り- とり -ど.り

Onyomi: シュ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: また

Meaning: right hand

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

材する(しゅざいする)   gather facts (for publication)

得する(しゅとくする)   acquire

する(さくしゅする)   exploit

する(さいしゅする)   collect

る(とる)   take

り組む(とりくむ)   tackle

り扱う(とりあつかう)   handle

書きる(かきとる)   take dictation, take down

Onyomi Examples

シュ appropriation, obtaining

シュザイ news coverage, collecting data (e.g. for an article), covering (something for media), interview

センシュ earning the first (runs), preoccupation

チョウシュ hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.), asking, questioning (e.g. a suspect), enquiry, listening (e.g. to the radio)

Kunyomi Examples

とる to take, to pick up, to grab, to catch, to pass, to hand, to give, to get, to obtain, to acquire, to win, to receive, to earn, to take (e.g. a vacation), to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.), to take (a measure, attitude, etc.), to choose, to remove, to get rid of, to take off, to take away, to steal, to rob, to eat, to have (e.g. lunch), to take (e.g. vitamins), to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather, to extract (e.g. juice), to catch (e.g. fish), to take up (time, space), to occupy, to spare, to set aside, to secure, to reserve, to save, to put aside, to keep, to take (e.g. a joke), to interpret, to understand, to make out, to grasp, to record, to take down, to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper), to take, to buy, to get, to order, to have delivered, to charge, to fine, to take (tax), to take (e.g. a wife), to take on (e.g. an apprentice), to adopt, to accept, to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play

るに足らない とるにたらない insignificant, inconsequential, trifling, negligible, of little importance

とり taking, taker, collecting, collector, remover, removal, last performer of the day (usu. the star performer), last performance of the day, active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration), emphatic or formal prefix

り扱い とりあつかい treatment, service, handling, management

せきとり ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions

かいとり purchase, buying, buying out, buying used articles as a company, trade-in, buy back, purchase on a no-return policy, lump-sum payment, flat fee

とり taking, taker, collecting, collector, remover, removal, last performer of the day (usu. the star performer), last performance of the day, active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration), emphatic or formal prefix

り扱い とりあつかい treatment, service, handling, management

せきとり ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions

かいとり purchase, buying, buying out, buying used articles as a company, trade-in, buy back, purchase on a no-return policy, lump-sum payment, flat fee