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Kotomora

収

income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 500Strokes4

Readings

On'yomi

  • シュウ

Kun'yomi

  • おさ.める
  • おさ.まる

Nanori

  • のぶ

Meaning

収 centers on bringing things in and keeping them: receiving income, obtaining resources, reaping results, paying or supplying what is due, and storing what has been gathered.

Most common words using 収

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  • 収録しゅうろく

    recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including

  • 収入しゅうにゅう
    N3

    income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts

  • 回収かいしゅう
    N2

    collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

  • 収集しゅうしゅう
    N2

    collecting; accumulating; gathering

  • 吸収きゅうしゅう
    N3

    absorption; suction; attraction

  • 買収ばいしゅう
    N1

    acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase

  • 年収ねんしゅう
    N1

    annual income

  • 収穫しゅうかく
    N3

    harvest; crop; ingathering

  • 収容しゅうよう
    N1

    accommodation; taking in; receiving; housing; seating; admission (of patients, students, etc.)

  • 収めるおさめる
    N3

    to put (into); to put away (in); to put back (in); to keep (in); to store (in); to restore (to its place)

  • 収益しゅうえき
    N1

    earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue

  • 収まるおさまる
    N1

    to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to fall within (e.g. a budget)

  • 収納しゅうのう

    storage; putting away

  • 徴収ちょうしゅう
    N1

    collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy

  • 月収げっしゅう

    monthly income

  • 没収ぼっしゅう
    N1

    seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture

  • 収支しゅうし
    N1

    income and expenditure

  • 領収りょうしゅう
    N2

    receipt (of money); receiving

  • 収縮しゅうしゅく

    contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

  • 撤収てっしゅう

    removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.)

  • 収拾しゅうしゅう
    N1

    control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

  • 押収おうしゅう

    seizure; confiscation

  • 税収ぜいしゅう

    tax yields; revenue

  • 収まりおさまり

    conclusion; end; settlement

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Etymology

収 is the modern simplified form of 收. The older form combines 丩 (likely phonetic) with 攵 (a hand holding something), suggesting the idea of gathering or receiving. The modern form replaces the right side with 又, a simpler hand shape.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 丩 looks like a container or a twisted cord, and the right side 又 is a hand. Picture a hand pulling a cord to gather things in, like reaping a harvest or collecting income.

Reading mnemonic

For シュウ, imagine a shoe store collecting income: shoe -> シュウ, and the hand 又 is gathering all the shoes into the store.