Japanese symbol for “mustering”

呼集

こしゅう

Romaji: koshuu

gathering (esp. troops); getting together; mustering

In Japanese, mustering is 呼集, read こしゅう (koshuu).

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Meanings

n, vs, vt gathering (esp. troops); getting together; mustering

Kanji and stroke order

呼

call, call out to, invite

on: コ
kun: よ.ぶ

8 strokes · JLPT 2

集

gather, meet, congregate

on: シュウ
kun: あつ.まる、あつ.める、つど.う

12 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
呼ぶ	よぶ yobu	to call out (to); to call; to invoke
呼吸	こきゅう kokyuu	breathing; respiration
呼びかけ	よびかけ yobikake	call; appeal
呼び名	よびな yobina	popular name; common name; given name
呼び出す	よびだす yobidasu	to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone)
呼び出し	よびだし yobidashi	call; summons; paging
編集	へんしゅう henshuu	editing; compilation
募集	ぼしゅう boshuu	recruitment; invitation; selection

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.