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拾 - shí

pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten

pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten

How to read 拾

Click 拾 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshí
Englishpick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

拾取 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 拾得. Please read 拾掇 one more time.

Common words with this character

to pick up; to collect
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山[Tian1 tai1 Shan1]
to clear up; to tidy up; to pick up
picked up items

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 拾 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 拾取 and 拾得 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 拾.