Kanji
N2 11 strokes Grade 5 freq #607

pick, take, fetch, take up

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)

use; adoption
vote; ballot
adoption; selection
profit
felling timber; cutting down trees
marking; grading
forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.); railroading
picking; collecting
mining; digging
collecting; gathering

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.)

Example sentences

He adopted her idea.

He adopted the new method.

They adopted the proposal.

They closed down the ferry service since it was no longer economical.