汲む

• 読み: くむ
• ローマ字: kumu
• 漢字の分解: 汲 (ku) — draw water, scoop
• 発音: /kɯ.mɯ/

意味

To draw water; to scoop; to pump. Collecting liquid from a source.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the む row. Primarily used for drawing water from wells, rivers, or other sources (水を汲む). Also used figuratively: 気持ちを汲む (to take someone's feelings into account), 意を汲む (to understand someone's intentions). The figurative use of 'drawing out' someone's deeper meaning is common in business and interpersonal contexts.

例文

1. 井戸から水を汲んで畑にまいた。
2. 相手の気持ちを汲むことが大切だ。
3. 山の湧き水を汲みに行った。

使い方ガイド

場面: rural life, figurative speech, empathy

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 汲 combines 氵(water radical) and 及 (to reach/extend), depicting the act of reaching into water to draw it up.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal