拾
拾 — Pick up
pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
On’yomiシュウ (shuu)
On’yomiジュウ (juu)
Kun’yomiひろう (hirou)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 拾
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 収拾 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | control; bringing under control; settling (a matter) |
| 拾い物 | ひろいもの hiroimono | found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street); (lucky) find |
| 拾う | ひろう hirou | to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped) |
| 拾得 | しゅうとく shuutoku | finding (lost property); picking up |
| 拾い上げる | ひろいあげる hiroiageru | to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out |
| 命拾い | いのちびろい inochibiroi | narrow escape from death |
Study notes
拾 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1479 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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