Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 拾

拾

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Meaning

 to pick up, gather, '10' in legal documents

Pronunciation

 SHŪ, JŪ
hirou

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: fit 合 (The lid fits on the container 口) [The numbers: 1,2,3,10 are: 壱,弐,参, 拾]

Mnemonic

A hand reaches the lid of the pot and picks it up.

Radicals

扌 hand(Several characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ)
合 fit, meet, join(The cover and the container 口 fit.)
cover(Other covers are: 冖, 亠 ))
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Vocabulary

拾う ひろう to pick up, to find, to gather
拾得者 しゅうとくしゃ a finder
拾 じゅう ten (used in legal documents to avoid fraud)
球拾いする たまひろいする pick up balls
拾得 しゅうとく finding (lost property), picking up
拾得物 しゅうとくぶつ found article

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