Chinese symbol for “glean”
拾荒
shí huāng
to glean; to collect scraps; to eke out a meager living
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glean is 拾荒 (shí huāng), defined as: to glean; to collect scraps; to eke out a meager living.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拾荒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收拾 | shōu shi | to put in order; to tidy up |
| 重拾 | chóng shí | to pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence) |
| 不可收拾 | bù kě shōu shi | (idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless |
| 拾遗 (拾遺) | shí yí | to pocket a lost article; (fig.) to correct others' errors |
| 捡拾 (撿拾) | jiǎn shí | to pick up; to gather |
| 荒谬 (荒謬) | huāng miù | absurd; ridiculous |
| 饥荒 (饑荒) | jī huāng | crop failure; famine |
| 荒唐 | huāng táng | beyond belief; preposterous |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glean”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.