Kanji
N2 9 strokes Grade 3 freq #1479

pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

control; bringing under control
finding (lost property); picking up
A Collection of Tales from Uji
Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE); historical record from the Inbe clan

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street)
to pick up; to gather
to pick up
narrow escape from death
to collect the ashes of the deceased
(a) wander; amble
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
picking up stitches (knitting)
gathering cigarette butts; person gathering cigarette butts
picking up; gathering

Example sentences

The situation is gradually moving towards a resolution.

He bent down and picked up the ball.

The last bus having left, I had to take a taxi.

He picked up something white on the street.