The kanji 取: meaning, readings and stroke order

取

Meaning: take
On reading: シュ shu
Kun reading: と（る） toru
Strokes: 8
Radical: 又 right hand
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lấy, cầm lấy (thủ)
Japanese: てにとる。
Korean: 잡다, 가지다 (취)
Chinese: 拿、取

Readings, words and example sentences

シュ shu · on reading · less common

取しゅ材ざい
news reporting, interview
新聞の人が 取しゅ材ざいに来ました。
A newspaper reporter came to talk to us.

と（る） toru · kun reading

取とる
to take, to pick up
たなの本を手に 取とります。
I pick up a book from the shelf.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.