拾 - pick up, gather, find

to pick up; to gather

found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street)

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

finding (lost property); picking up

walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)

ragpicking; ragpicker

firewood gathering

narrow escape from death

when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel; there are gods that will abandon you and there are gods that will pick you up

passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)

to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.); acting as ball boy