to take / to get / to choose / to fetch

= + : Mnemonic symbol when used as component in other characters: a bloody ear.

When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear (耳) with his boxing glove (又). Imagine this fight in the space station (Ø3) with cupid (qu) as referee fetching (取) a bloody ear flying through the space station.

取 character breakdown

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

= + : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.

Characters with 取 as component

variant of 輒|辄[zhe2]
old variant of 聚[ju4]
(feminine name) / (star)
beat the night watches / grasp
surname Zou
purple silk
arrow / weeds
birthplace of Confucius in Shandong
surname Zou
minnows / small fish
hemp stem

Words with 取

to win (favors, confidence etc)
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
to cut off
to accept or reject
undecided between taking and leaving
to not even take a penny (as a bribe)

Sentences with 取

né
zha̅
 
 
jù
líng
shén
 
 
do̅u
bù
néng
qǔ
shèng