拾 means “pick up, find”

ひろう · hirou

Also: gather, go on foot

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひろう

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュウ, ジュウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 3 · 9 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) closing (合) around something on the ground: 拾う is to pick up. In Japan a found wallet usually ends up at the 交番, the police box, and on formal documents 拾 stands in for 十, ten, which is too easy to alter.

Used in 拾う (hirou, to pick up), ゴミ拾い (gomihiroi, litter picking), and 拾得物 (shuutokubutsu, found property)

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• 査 examine
• 含 contain
• 接 contact
• 捜 search for
• 採 pick
• 触 touch
• 包 wrap
• 照 shine on
• 詰 pack
• 埋 bury

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.