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Japanese symbol for “collating”

Romaji: kenshuu
acceptance inspection; collating; receipt and inspection

In Japanese, collating is , read (kenshuu).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt acceptance inspection; collating; receipt and inspection

Kanji and stroke order

examination, investigate
on: ケン
kun: しら.べる
12 strokes · JLPT 2
income, obtain, reap
on: シュウ
kun: おさ.める、おさ.まる
4 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “collating”

WordReadingMeaning
ぶたんい butan'icollating (printing)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
けんさ kensainspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test
けんとう kentouconsideration; examination; investigation
けんしょう kenshouverification; confirmation; substantiation
けんさつ kensatsucriminal investigation; prosecution
けんじ kenjipublic prosecutor
けんてい kenteiofficial certification; official approval; inspection
しゅうにゅう shuunyuuincome; earnings; revenue
かいしゅう kaishuucollection; recovery; withdrawal

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.