音読み: シュ
訓読み: とる
画数: 8
部首: また（又）
Meaning
Take / Fetch / Get / Grab / Pick Up
- Basic forms
- 取る — to take / to get / base form
- 取ります — (I) take / masu form
- 取った — took / ta form
- 取って — take (and…) / taking / te form
- 取らない — do not take / negative
- 取れば — if (I) take / conditional
- 取れ — take! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 取りたい — want to take / want to
- 取れる — can take / potential
- 取られる — be taken / passive
- 取らせる — make someone take / causative
- More
- 取ろう — let’s take / volitional
- 取らなかった — didn’t take / negative past
- 取っている — taking / holding / progressive
取る (とる) is a godan verb. It follows the regular る-ending godan pattern: る → って / った.
- 取材 — news gathering / interview
- 取得 — acquisition
- 取り扱い — handling / dealing with
- 取引 — transaction / business deal
- 奪取 — seizure; taking by force
- 取り組み — effort / initiative
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 取り組む — to tackle; to work on; to engage seriously
- 取り出す — to take out; to pull out
- 取り込む — to bring in; to take in (laundry / info)
- 取り戻す — to take back; to regain
- 取り消す — to cancel; to nullify
- 取り替える — to replace; to exchange
The kanji 取 combines the elements for “ear” and “hand,” representing the act of grabbing or taking something. Historically, it referred to cutting off an enemy’s ear as a trophy — hence, the broader meaning of “to take, to seize.”