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Kanji Detail for 拾 - "to pick up, to collect, ten"

拾

  • Meaning

    拾 means "to pick up, to collect, ten."

    1. Pick up - To gather from the ground.

    2. Collect - To gather together.

    3. Ten - The formal character for ten.

  • Words using 拾

    • 収拾 しゅうしゅう Listen control; bringing under control; settling (a matter)
    • 拾い物 ひろいもの Listen found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street); (lucky) find
    • 拾う ひろう Listen to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)
    • 拾得 しゅうとく Listen finding (lost property); picking up

  • Tattoo check: 拾

    • Verified meaning: to pick up, to collect, ten
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 拾

    Given names 拾(おさむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to ascend in light steps

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

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

    To pick up. Such as 拾遺, 拾芥. Hence, gathering things is 收拾. | Borrowed as the formal character for ten. Frequently used in documents. | Climbing steps. Such as 拾級而登. From (Book of Rites).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    juu(ジュウ) ジュウ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiro.u(ひろ-う) ひろ-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to pick up to collect ten gather acquire amass assemble compile glean harvest pluck procure retrieve salvage scavenge formal decade

Sentences including 拾

  • Please pick up the pen from the floor.

  • He picked up the book.

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

  • He picked up something white on the street.

  • Where can i get a taxi?

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