汲
汲

draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump

6 strokesGrade 9

On

キュウ

Kun

く.む

Nanori

くみ

Dictionary

Common Words

汲むくむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #7558
1

to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump

Examples
彼は井戸へ行って水をくんできた。
He fetched some water from the well.
2

to pour (into a cup); to drink (together)

3

to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand

4

to draw upon; to inherit

汲み取るくみとる酌み取るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #19862
1

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to pump out

2

to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise; to take into consideration

Examples
読書するには趣旨をくみ取ることが必要だ。
When you read a book you should read between the lines.
汲み上げるくみ上げる汲上げるくみあげるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #37705
1

to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up

Examples
村人は井戸から水を手で汲み上げなければならなかった。
The village people had to pump water from the well by hand.
2

to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

気持ちを汲む気持ちをくむきもちをくむExpressionGodan verbFreq #37875
1

Usu. 気持ちを汲んで

to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with someone's feelings

意を酌む意をくむいをくむ意を汲むExpressionGodan verbFreq #39963
1

to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)

水汲みみずくみNoun～する VerbFreq #40404
1

drawing water

流れを汲む流れをくむながれをくむExpressionGodan verbFreq #54806
1

Usu. as の～

to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of

汲々汲汲きゅうきゅう～と AdverbFreq #57457
1

'taru' adjective

diligent; absorbed (in something)

お茶汲みお茶くみおちゃくみNounPoliteFreq #62676
1

serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady

汲み出すくみ出すくみだすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #67919
1

to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to scoop out; to pump out

2

to start drawing (water)

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