漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
収: income, obtain
Also: reap, pay, supply, store
JLPT N34 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
又 carries the meaning · 丨 is drawn in
4 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 収入しゅうにゅうincome, receipts, revenue
- 収支しゅうしincome and expenditure
- 月収げっしゅうmonthly income
- 年収ねんしゅうannual income
- 領収書りょうしゅうしょreceipt
- 収穫するしゅうかくするharvest, gather in, reap
- 収集するしゅうしゅうするcollect, gather, accumulate
- 収拾するしゅうしゅうするget under control, handle
- 吸収するきゅうしゅうするabsorb, assimilate, suck in
- 買収するばいしゅうするbuy, purchase, bribe
おさめるosameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 収めるおさめるpay, deliver, store, keep
おさまるosamaru · kun'yomi
- 収まるおさまるfall into place, settle down
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)攴 (meaning) + 丩 (sound)
To arrest.
Source: Wiktionary, 收 (rev. 91516032), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Once more, with intent! This radical represents the tireless action of the right hand and the core concept of repetition.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 收 · shōu
収 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 收 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 收 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 收 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shōu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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