Keyword
pick up (off the ground)
- pick up
- gather
- find
- go on foot
- ten
- Frequency
- #1479
- Strokes
- 9
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 720
Readings
シュウ50%
ひろ50%
Mnemonic
A left hand reaches down to come together with coins scattered on the road, ready to pick up (off the ground) the loot.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
拾い物
found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street); (lucky) find; piece of good luck; windfall; bargain
Noun
拾う
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to pick out; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.); to snatch (an unexpected victory); to pull off; …
Godan verb
拾い上げる
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
Ichidan verb
拾い読み
reading only the important parts; reading here and there; skimming through; browsing; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
Noun