The kanji 拾 primarily means "to pick up," "to gather," or "to collect." It implies the action of retrieving something from a surface or acquiring something. It can also mean "ten" when used as a counter.

・On-yomi (音読み): ジュウ (jū) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ひろ（う） (hiro(u))

⚫︎ 拾う Translation: To pick up. ⚫︎ 拾万円 Translation: 100,000 yen. ⚫︎ 拾得物 Translation: Found property; lost and found item.

The kanji 拾 is a phono-semantic compound. The phonetic component is 合 (gō/ai), which provides a hint of the sound. The semantic component is a hand-like element that visually shows the action of "picking up" or "gathering." The meaning evolved from the action of picking up things, eventually coming to also represent the number ten (likely because it represented collecting all the fingers).