Moto 拾: Pick Up; Gather; FindKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュウ、ジュウ
- Kun'yomi
- ひろ(う)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 51 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ・ジュウ)
- 収拾しゅうしゅうcontrol; bringing under control
- 拾得しゅうとくfinding (lost property); picking up
- 参拾さんじゅうthirty; 30
- 収拾がつかないしゅうしゅうがつかないout of hand; uncontrollable
- 収拾がつかなくなるしゅうしゅうがつかなくなるto get out of hand; to become uncontrollable
- 収拾が付かないしゅうしゅうがつかないout of hand; uncontrollable
- 収拾が付かなくなるしゅうしゅうがつかなくなるto get out of hand; to become uncontrollable
- 四拾よんじゅうforty; 40
- 弐拾にじゅうtwenty; 20
- 拾じゅうten
- 拾万じゅうまん100,000; hundred thousand
- 拾得物しゅうとくぶつfound article
- 拾得者しゅうとくしゃfinder (of lost property)
- 拾萬じゅうまん100,000; hundred thousand
- 拾遺しゅういgleaning; gleanings
- 拾集しゅうしゅうcollecting; accumulating
- 金拾万円きんじゅうまんえん100,000 yen
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 拾い物ひろいものa find
- 命拾いいのちびろいnarrow escape from death
- 拾い上げるひろいあげるto pick up; to pick out
- 拾うひろうto pick up; to find
- もく拾いもくひろいgathering cigarette butts; person gathering cigarette butts
- ボール拾いボールひろいfetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.)
- 屑拾いくずひろいragpicking; ragpicker
- 年を拾うとしをひろうto grow old
- 御拾いおひろいwalk; walking
- 拾いひろいpicking up; someone who picks up things
- 拾いものひろいものa find
- 拾い主ひろいぬしfinder (of lost property)
- 拾い出すひろいだすto single out; to select
- 拾い屋ひろいやrag-picker
- 拾い歩きひろいあるき(a) wander; amble
- 拾い画ひろいがimage found on the internet (as opposed to one created by oneself)
- 拾い目ひろいめpicking up stitches (knitting)
- 拾い箸ひろいばしpassing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)
- 拾い読みひろいよみreading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there
- 拾い足ひろいあしwalking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)
- 拾い集めるひろいあつめるto gather
- 拾い食いひろいぐいscavenging for food
- 捨てる神あれば拾う神ありすてるかみあればひろうかみありwhen one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
- 捨てる神在れば拾う神在りすてるかみあればひろうかみありwhen one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
- 火中の栗を拾うかちゅうのくりをひろうto take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone
- 爪で拾って箕で零すつめでひろってみでこぼすpenny wise and pound foolish
- 球拾いたまひろいfetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.)
- 紙屑拾いかみくずひろいragpicker
- 落ち穂拾いおちぼひろいgleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
- 薪拾いたきぎひろいfirewood gathering
- 骨を拾うほねをひろうto collect the ashes of the deceased
- 骨拾いこつひろいgathering up the ashes of the deceased
Other readings
- 壱拾萬じゅうまん100,000; hundred thousand
- 落穂拾いおちぼひろいgleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
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