shíshè

pick up

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

合 sound component

  Sound component

  

to join

Evolution

拾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
拾 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
拾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
拾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
拾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shí

pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten; to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

 

shè

to ascend in light steps

Most common words with 拾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

收拾

to tidy up

to pick up

不可收拾

irremediable

一发不可收拾

to get out of hand

拾荒

to glean