ひろう
to pick up, to find
The hand goes down and closes round something that was not yours a second earlier. The same ひろ as the hero in 広げる, and you are nobody’s if you keep it. A wallet, in the street: ひろう.
見つける みつける is spotting a thing. 拾う is bending down and picking it up.
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