取

取 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸十水 (SJE), four-corner 1714₀, composition ⿰耳又)

• 㖩, 娵, 掫, 棷, 㻓, 緅(𮉪), 諏(诹), 踙, 輙, 鋷, 陬, 鯫(鲰), 齱(𱌶), 趣, 郰, 黀, 冣, 㝡, 最, 箃, 菆, 樷, 叢(丛), 埾, 娶, 棸, 㷅, 聚, 焣
• 𠉧, 𡸨, 𢃣, 𪪿, 𢛏, 𭰮, 𭴻, 𥪏, 𫃂, 𦝒, 𧌗, 𧚥, 𧱛, 𩋄, 𮪊, 𠮋, 𪺐, 𮗕, 𨓭, 𣍇, 𨛿, 𡱾, 𢈾, 𪋄, 𡸘, 𤕖, 𥦡, 𦕪, 𪞔, 𢮝, 𣷗, 𤔛, 𤚉, 𤦟, 𤭡, 𦁫, 𧚿, 𧩞, 𬥁, 𪘸, 𫮣, 𭒒, 𦖰, 𮕉, 𤀡, 𩧁, 𬬒

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 166, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3158
• Dae Jaweon: page 377, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 395, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53D6

Historical forms of the character 取
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 耳 (“ear”) + 又 (“hand”) - often explained as "to take an enemy's ear and carry it in one's hand", following Shuowen.

取

1. to take; to fetch

   取錢／取钱  ―  qǔqián  ―  to withdraw money

   取款  ―  qǔkuǎn  ―  to withdraw funds

2. to receive (money, goods, documents, etc.)
3. to get; to obtain
4. to select; to choose

   取名  ―  qǔmíng  ―  to select a name

   • 冥冥子規叫，微徑不敢取。 [MSC, trad.]
     冥冥子规叫，微径不敢取。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 759 CE, Du Fu, At Dharma Mirror Temple (《法鏡寺》)

     Míngmíng zǐguī jiào, wēijìng bùgǎn qǔ.

     Dark in the distance the cuckoo crows Go Go,
     The narrow path to the temple I dare not seek.

5. a surname

• (to take):

• (to receive): 領取／领取 (lǐngqǔ)
• (to get):

• (to select):

取

1. Original form of 娶 (qǔ, “to marry”).

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. take, fetch, take up

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)
• Kun: とる (toru, 取る, Jōyō)

• 取(と)る (toru)

取 (eumhun 가질 취 (gajil chwi))

1. hanja form^? of 취 (“to take; to fetch”)

取: Hán Nôm readings: thủ, thú

1. take, seize