The kanji 拾: meaning, readings and stroke order

拾

Meaning: pick up
On reading: シュウ shuu、ジュウ juu
Kun reading: ひろ（う） hirou
Strokes: 9
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nhặt (thập)
Japanese: ひろう。
Korean: 줍다 (습·십)
Chinese: 捡、拾

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading · less common

拾しゅう得とく
finding something someone lost
拾しゅう得とくした品を交番に出します。
I take the things I found to the police box.

ジュウ juu · on reading · less common

拾じゅう円えん
ten yen (old way of writing)
むかしの帳面には 拾じゅう円えんと書いてあります。
The old account book says ten yen.

ひろ（う） hirou · kun reading

拾ひろう
to pick up, to find
道でさいふを 拾ひろいました。
I found a wallet on the road.

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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.