Kanji N3

取: take, fetch, take up

取 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning take, fetch, take up, written with 8 strokes. It is read シュ (on) and とる, とり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 取る (とる, to take) and 受け取る (うけとる, to receive).

取

Meanings

  • take
  • fetch
  • take up
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#122 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シュ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • とる
  • とり
  • とり-
  • とり
  • -どり

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 取

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 取るとる

    to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold

    JLPT N5
  • 受け取るうけとる

    to receive; to get; to accept

    JLPT N3
  • 取れるとれる

    to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)

    JLPT N3
  • 取っ手とって

    handle; grip; knob

    JLPT N1
  • 取材しゅざい

    gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 日取りひどり

    fixed date; appointed day

    JLPT N1
  • 取り扱いとりあつかい

    treatment; service; handling; management

    JLPT N1
  • 引き取るひきとる

    to take into one's possession; to receive

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.