shí

to pick up

to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

hand (扌) + gather (合) = pick up and collect

To pick something up is to bring your hand down and unite it with what was scattered or lost. The complex numeral use of 拾 for ten exists to prevent fraud — its extra strokes make it hard to alter on documents.

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他在路边到了一个钱包。

tā zài lù biān shí dào le yī gè qián bāo。

He picked up a wallet by the side of the road.

合同上的金额写的是万元。

hé tong shàng de jīn é xiě de shì shí wàn yuán。

The amount written on the contract is one hundred thousand yuan (using the banker's numeral for ten).

Words with 拾

道不拾遗

dào bù shí yí

lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)

重拾

chóng shí

to pick up (a theme etc)

一发不可收拾

yī fā bù kě shōu shi

once it gets started there's no stopping it

不可收拾

bù kě shōu shi

(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless

俯拾即是

fǔ shí jí shì

see 俯拾皆是[fu3 shi2 jie1 shi4]

俯拾皆是

fǔ shí jiē shì

lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)

执拾

zhí shí

to tidy up (dialect)

拾取

shí qǔ

to pick up

拾人涕唾

shí rén tì tuò

to plagiarize (idiom)

拾人牙慧

shí rén yá huì

to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own

拾得

shí dé

to find

拾掇

shí duo

to clear up

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