取 — Chinese character

取

qǔ

to take, to receive, to obtain; to select

Pinyin: qǔ
Radical: 29 ⼜ (Again)
Strokes: 8
Components: 耳又
Formation: ideographic — A hand 又 taking the ear 耳 of a fallen enemy
Japanese: 取 as a kanji

Common words with 取

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
取得	qǔ dé	to acquire; to get; to obtain
采取 (採取)	cǎi qǔ	to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
取消	qǔ xiāo	to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
争取 (爭取)	zhēng qǔ	to fight for; to strive for
获取 (獲取)	huò qǔ	to gain; to get; to acquire
取代	qǔ dài	to replace; to supersede
听取 (聽取)	tīng qǔ	to hear (news); to listen to
提取	tí qǔ	to withdraw (money); to collect (left luggage)
领取 (領取)	lǐng qǔ	to receive; to draw; to get
夺取 (奪取)	duó qǔ	to seize; to capture
收取	shōu qǔ	to receive; to collect
录取 (錄取)	lù qǔ	to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student)

English words written with 取

取 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 12 · Analects 12 · Art of War 11 · I Ching 5 · Mencius 58 · Zhuangzi 40 · Doctrine of the Mean 1

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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