收拾

to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb

Characters and words in 收拾

to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)

收 = 丩 + 攵 : In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes is proud to receive a honorary sledge hammer for his fine detective work. Everyone is so afraid of him that they hand him the sledge hammer from far away using a roast fork.

拾

shè = sh + e4

to ascend in light steps

拾

shí = sh + Ø2

to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

拾 = 合 + 扌 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to pick up (拾) a tube of glue (合) in the space station's entrance (Ø2), but last time he put it there he forgot to close the lid properly and now it is glued to the floor. He even cannot pick it up using a toy claw (扌).