收 — Chinese character
收
shōu
to collect, to gather, to harvest
- Pinyin
- shōu
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 丩 攵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 攵; sound component 丩
- Japanese
- 收 as a kanji
Common words with 收
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
| 收集 | shōu jí | to gather; to collect |
| 收费 (收費) | shōu fèi | to charge a fee |
| 收购 (收購) | shōu gòu | to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate |
| 收益 | shōu yì | earnings; profit |
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection |
| 接收 | jiē shōu | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive |
| 没收 (沒收) | mò shōu | to confiscate; to seize |
| 回收 | huí shōu | to recycle; to reclaim |
| 税收 (稅收) | shuì shōu | taxation |
English words written with 收
收 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 5
- Hexagram 48
- Mencius 4B.3
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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