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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

1479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

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

Kunyomi: ひろ.う

Onyomi: シュウ, ジュウ

Composition: 扌 合

拾

Radical

Radical: 手

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

拾得する(しゅうとくする)   pick up, find

収拾する(しゅうしゅうする)   control, deal with, manage

拾万円(じゅうまんえん)   100,000 yen

拾う(ひろう)   pick up

Onyomi Examples

収集 (シュウシュウ) collecting, accumulating, gathering, collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.), garbage collection, waste collection

拾得 (シュウトク) finding (lost property), picking up

十 (ジュウ) ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems

十一 (ジュウイチ) eleven, 11, jack

Kunyomi Examples

拾う (ひろう) to pick up, to gather, to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped), to select, to choose, to pick out, to get (unexpectedly), to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.), to snatch (an unexpected victory), to pull off, to pick up (someone; in a car, etc.), to flag down (a taxi), to hail, to pick up (a signal, sound, interference, etc.), to (just manage to) return (the ball), to return (a difficult shot), to take on (someone in adverse circumstances), to employ, to give a job, to take in, to walk, to go on foot

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