Onyomi: シュ · Kunyomi: -ど.り, と.り, と.り-, と.る, とり · Meanings: fetch, take, take up
Kanji for fetch, take, take up
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取 is formed from 耳, meaning “ear,” on the left, and 又 on the right. 耳 relates to grasping or perceiving, while 又 represents a hand or action. Together, they express the idea of taking or seizing something with the hand. From this idea, 取 came to mean to take, fetch, or obtain.
取 shows taking something with the hand, meaning to take or obtain.
取 is used when taking, fetching, or obtaining something. It represents actively getting or seizing an object. Remember 取 as meaning “to take” or “obtain.”
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 取り | とり | taking, taker, collecting, collector, remover, removal | Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 取 | しゅ | appropriation, obtaining | Noun |
| 取り | どり | samurai receiving this much rice as a fee | Noun, used as a suffix |
| 取る | とる | to take, to pick up, to grab, to catch, to hold | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 取引 | とりひき | transactions, dealings, business | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 取り替える | とりかえる | to exchange, to swap, to barter, to trade | common JLPT-N4 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 取れる | とれる | to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.) | common JLPT-N3 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 取り上げる | とりあげる | to pick up | common JLPT-N3 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 取り消す | とりけす | to cancel, to withdraw, to retract, to take back (words, etc.), to revoke | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 取り出す | とりだす | to take out, to produce, to pick out | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |