取

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 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

References

• 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

取

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

   • 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

Synonyms

• (to take):

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

• (to select):

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

取

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. take, fetch, take up

Readings

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

Derived terms

• 取(と)る (toru)

Korean

Hanja

取 (eumhun 가질 취 (gajil chwi))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

取: Hán Nôm readings: thủ, thú

1. take, seize