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

cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) lost her book collection (丛) in the underbrush (丛) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The underbrush consists of the legs of rubber chicken (从) and Kitty Cat has a hard time searching through the chicken. She is using a flute (一) as a bushwhacker to aid in her search.
variant of 最[zui4]
most / the most / -est (superlative suffix)

= + : Zapatista Zebra finds a bloody ear in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. The sun has been shining on it, and Zapatista Zebra thinks it's the most disgusting smell ever.
old variant of 最[zui4]
interesting / to interest

= + : Cupid (qu) found a bloody ear (取) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and finds it very interesting (趣). He spears it with his nordic walking stick (走) and inspects this very interesting (趣) thing.
to take a wife / to marry (a woman)

= + : Cupid wants to marry Bessie Coleman in the space station, and so he surprises her by giving her a bloody ear as a gift.
to congregate / to assemble / to mass / to gather together / to amass / to polymerize

= + : Zeus (ju) and the evil caterpillar twin (乑) found two bloody ears (取) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). They fuse (聚) them to the caterpillar's head so that finally she is able to hear.
to choose / to consult
corner / foot of mountain
old variant of 聚[ju4]

Words with 取

to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame
to collect evidence
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
to receive / to draw / to get
to gain by cheating
to make a profit / to earn a packet

Sentences with 取

né
zha̅
 
 
jù
líng
shén
 
 
do̅u
bù
néng
qǔ
shèng