拾 (shí) — to pick up, gather; to tidy up

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拾 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)

拾＝扌＋合

ㄕˊ · shí

verb — to pick up, gather; to tidy up

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義the hand — reaching down

合聲hé — gives the sounda lid closing over a mouth

IFhé → shí — initial and final both move

The hand (扌) reaching down to gather — 合 hé gives the sound, worn to shí. From gathering things up come collecting and tidying: 拾起、收拾.

手（扌）一件件撿起來，合（合）攏到一處——拾。

The hand (扌) picks them up one by one, gathered (合) into one place — to pick up.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)拾取、撿拾— to pick up, gather常用

→收拾、拾掇— to tidy up, put in order常用

⇒拾級、拾人牙慧— to go up step by step; to glean

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension