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汲

draw (water)
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingキュウ
Kun readingく.む
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. draw (water)
    バケツに水を汲んでくるよ。I'll get a bucket of water.tatoeba
    新福菜館の流れを汲む。Daiei is an offshoot of the Shinpuku-saikan school.wiki
  2. ladle
  3. scoop
  4. pump
    村人は井戸から水を手で汲み上げなければならなかった。The village people had to pump water from the well by hand.tatoeba
  5. draw waterRtK
  1. to draw (water)
  2. to ladle
  3. to dip up
  4. to scoop up
  5. to pump

Popular Usage

汲む

Radicals and components

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Components
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Compound words

汲むくむ
to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump
汲み取るくみとる
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to pump out; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.)
汲取くみとり
dipping up (night soil)
汲取りくみとり
dipping up (night soil)
汲取るくみとる
to draw (water)
汲みとるくみとる
to draw (water)
汲み取りくみとり
dipping up (night soil)
汲上げるくみあげる
to draw (water, etc.)
汲み取り口くみとりぐち
hole for pumping out a cesspool
汲み上げるくみあげる
to draw (water, etc.)

Additional Examples

新福菜館の流れを汲む。
Daiei is an offshoot of the Shinpuku-saikan school.wiki
清原氏の流れを汲む堂上家。
They are toshoke (hereditary lineage of court nobles above a certain rank) and descendants of the Kiyohara family.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 汲

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step