Chinese symbol for “include”
收录
shōu lù
Traditional: 收錄
to include (in a collection); to put together (stories, poems etc); to record; to employ
The closest CC-CEDICT match for include is 收录 (shōu lù), defined as: to include (in a collection); to put together (stories, poems etc); to record; to employ; to recruit.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “include”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囊括 | náng kuò | to include; to embrace |
| 编入 (編入) | biān rù | to include (in a list etc); to assign (to a class, a work unit etc) |
| 包括 | bāo kuò | to comprise; to include |
| 包罗 (包羅) | bāo luó | to include; to cover |
| 算 | suàn | to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 收录.
| 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); acq |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate |
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 纪录 (紀錄) | jì lù | variant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferr |
See also: Japanese symbol for “include”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.