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Character Decomposition
拾=扌+合
Etymology
To gather 合 things in one's hands 扌
Meanings2 pronunciations
shè
to ascend in light steps
shí
to pick up
to collate or arrange
ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
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Words with 拾 105 total
to clear up · to tidy up · to pick up · to repair拾掇shí duoto glean · to collect scraps · to eke out a meager living拾荒shí huāngto go up or down stairs step by step拾级shè jíto pick up cress · fig. sth easy to do · a piece of cake拾芥shí jièto pick up bits · to collect scrap material · tidbits · gleanings (used as gossip)拾零shí língto pocket a lost article · (fig.) to correct others' errors · to remedy omissions (in a text etc)拾遗shí yíto tidy up (dialect)执拾zhí shíto pick up · to collect拾取shí qǔShide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山拾得Shí dépicked up items (i.e. lost property)拾物shí wùto find · to pick up · to obtain拾获shí huòto pick up; to gather捡拾jiǎn shí
Idioms with 拾 36 total Chain
lit. to fill in gaps and pick up what has been left out (idiom) · fig. to make up for omissions and deficiencies; also written as 补缺拾遗补阙拾遗bǔ quē shí yí(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless不可收拾bù kě shōu shilit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) · fig. honesty prevails throughout society道不拾遗dào bù shí yílit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom) · fig. extremely common; easily available俯拾皆是fǔ shí jiē shì
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