Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
又 (また) – furthermore
耳 (みみ) – ear

Henshall Mnemonic: hand takes control of ear

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #122 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 取る   [とる]
  (v5r) to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 取り替える   [とりかえる]
  (v1) to exchange; to replace   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 取り上げる   [とりあげる]
  (v1) to take up; to pick up; to disqualify; to confiscate; to deprive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取れる   [とれる]
  (v1) to come off; to be taken off; to be removed; to be obtained; to leave; to come out (e.g. photo); to be interpreted   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 受け取る   [うけとる]
  (v5r) to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 受取   [うけとり]
  (n) receipt   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り出す   [とりだす]
  (v5s) to take out; to produce; to pick out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り消す   [とりけす]
  (v5s) to cancel   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 書取   [かきとり]
  (n) dictation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り入れる   [とりいれる]
  (v1) to harvest; to take in; to adopt   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 取材   [しゅざい]
  (n,vs) collecting data (e.g. for a newspaper article); covering an event   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 聞き取り   [ききとり]
  (n) listening comprehension   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締り   [とりしまり]
  (n) control; management; supervision   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き取る   [ひきとる]
  (v5r) to take charge of; to take over; to retire to a private place   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取っ手   [とって]
  (n) handle; grip; knob   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 書き取り   [かきとり]
  (n) dictation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り扱い   [とりあつかい]
  (n) treatment; service; handling; management   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 書き取る   [かきとる]
  (v5r) to write down; to take dictation; to take notes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り扱う   [とりあつかう]
  (v5u) to treat; to handle; to deal in   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り巻く   [とりまく]
  (v5k) to surround; to circle; to enclose   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り敢えず   [とりあえず]
  (adv,n) at once; first of all; for the time being   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り寄せる   [とりよせる]
  (v1) to order; to send away for   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 乗っ取る   [のっとる]
  (v5r) to capture; to occupy; to usurp   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り次ぐ   [とりつぐ]
  (v5g) to act as an agent for; to announce (someone); to convey (a message)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り除く   [とりのぞく]
  (v5k) to remove; to take away; to set apart   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 足取り   [あしどり]
  (n) gait; manner of walking (swimming)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取決め   [とりきめ]
  (n) decision; agreement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 先取   [せんしゅ]
  (n,vs) earning the first (runs); preoccupation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取次   [とりつぎ]
  (n) agency; commission   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 先取り   [さきどり]
  (n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取捨   [しゅしゃ]
  (n) choice; option; rejection or adoption   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 気取る   [きどる]
  (v5r) to affect; to put on airs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取消し   [とりけし]
  (n) cancellation; cancel (CAN)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取上げる   [とりあげる]
  (v1) to take up; to pick up; to disqualify; to confiscate; to deprive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 手取り   [てとり]
  (n) talented sumo wrestler; good at manipulating (others)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取水   [しゅすい]
  (n,vs) drawing water from river or lake   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 横取り   [よこどり]
  (n) usurpation; snatching; seizure   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 搾取   [さくしゅ]
  (n,vs) exploitation; squeezing; sweating   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 聞き取る   [ききとる]
  (v5r) to catch (a person's words); to follow; to understand   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取調べ   [とりしらべ]
  (n) investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 頭取   [とうどり]
  (n) (bank) president   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締まり   [とりしまり]
  (n) control; management; supervision   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締法   [とりしまりほう]
  control law   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締役   [とりしまりやく]
  (n) company director; board member   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締役会   [とりしまりやくかい]
  (n) (1) board of directors; (2) board of directors' meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 受取り   [うけとり]
  (n) receipt   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取得   [しゅとく]
  (n,vs) acquisition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 受取人   [うけとりにん]
  (n) recipient   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 公取委   [こうとりい]
  (n) (abbr) Fair Trade Commission   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 刈り取る   [かりとる]
  (v5r) to mow; to reap; to harvest   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 取 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.