Kanji

拾

拾

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

扌部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シュウ, ジュウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ひろう

Nanori (Name Reading)

とお, ひろ

Common Readings

シュウ, ジュウ, ひろ…う

Example sentences

拾う ひろう
道端でキラキラ光る石を拾った。

I picked up a sparkling stone on the side of the road.

石 いし
道端に落ちている石を拾った。

I picked up a stone lying on the side of the road.

拾い上げる ひろいあげる
彼は落ちているゴミを拾い上げた。

He picked up the trash that was lying on the ground.

注意深く ちゅういぶかく
彼は割れたグラスの破片を注意深く拾い上げた。

He carefully picked up the shards of the broken glass.

収拾 しゅうしゅう
混乱した事態の収拾には長い時間がかかった。

It took a long time to bring the chaotic situation under control.

七嘴八舌 しちしはちぜつ
会議では皆が七嘴八舌に意見を出し合い、収拾がつかなくなった。

In the meeting, everyone expressed their opinions at once, and things became uncontrollable.

命拾い いのちびろい
シートベルトのおかげで、事故で命拾いした。

Thanks to the seatbelt, I barely escaped death in the accident.

ゴミ拾い ごみひろい
毎朝、公園でボランティアのゴミ拾いが行われている。

Every morning, volunteer trash collection is carried out in the park.

町内 ちょうない
町内のゴミ拾いに参加した。

I participated in the neighborhood trash collection.

Example Vocabulary

拾う

ひろう

to pick up; to find; to hail (a taxi)

拾い上げる

ひろいあげる

to pick up; to single out; to select

収拾

しゅうしゅう

settlement; bringing under control

拾い集める

ひろいあつめる

命拾い

いのちびろい

barely escaping death; narrow escape

拾い

ひろい

拾

じゅう

収拾がつかなくなる

しゅうしゅうがつかなくなる

ゴミ拾い

ごみひろい

picking up trash

拾い物

ひろいもの

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