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Japanese symbol for “collections”

Romaji: shuukin
collecting; collections

In Japanese, collections is , read (shuukin).

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Meanings

  1. n collecting; collections

Kanji and stroke order

income, obtain, reap
on: シュウ
kun: おさ.める、おさ.まる
4 strokes · JLPT 2
gold
on: キン、コン、ゴン
kun: かね、かな-、-がね
8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しゅうにゅう shuunyuuincome; earnings; revenue
かいしゅう kaishuucollection; recovery; withdrawal
しゅうしゅう shuushuucollecting; accumulating; gathering
ばいしゅう baishuuacquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover
きゅうしゅう kyuushuuabsorption; suction; attraction
ねんしゅう nenshuuannual income
おかね okanemoney
しきん shikinfunds; capital

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.