Meanings
- pick up
- gather
- find
- go on foot
- ten
Strokes9
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1479 of 2,500
Kanji N2
拾: pick up, gather, find
拾 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning pick up, gather, find, written with 9 strokes. It is read シュウ, ジュウ (on) and ひろう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 拾う (ひろう, to pick up) and 収拾 (しゅうしゅう, control).
拾
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- シュウ
- ジュウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- ひろう
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 拾
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- 拾うひろうJLPT N4
to pick up; to gather
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