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Kanji Detail for 取 - "take, get, obtain"

  • Meaning

    取 means "take, get, obtain."

    1. Take - To grasp; to obtain.

    2. Get - To acquire; to receive.

    3. Choose - To select; to pick out.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    take; fetch; take up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    take, receive, obtain; select

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to take; to get; to choose; to fetch

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to take, to receive, to obtain; to select

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To receive. Opposite of "give." Such as 取捨 (choose). Also, 一介不與,一介不取, meaning integrity. See (Mencius). | To select and obtain. Such as 取士 (selecting scholars), 取友 (choosing friends). | To draw upon; to use. Such as 一長足取 (one strength worth taking), 無取深求 (no point in pursuing deeply). | To pull something with the hand. Such as 探囊取物 (as easy as taking something from a bag). | To do. Such as 取巧 (resort to trickery).
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