輳
gather
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Readings
On'yomi
- ソウ
Kun'yomi
- あつ.まる
Meaning
輳 centers on things coming together into one place: gathering, converging, or assembling, often with a sense of spokes meeting at a hub.
Most common words using 輳
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Etymology
輳 combines 車 (vehicle, wheel) with 奏, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of bringing together, as in spokes converging at a hub.
Meaning mnemonic
A vehicle 車 gathers its parts together like spokes meeting at a hub; the right side 奏 suggests a performance where everything comes together in harmony.
Reading mnemonic
For ソウ, imagine all the parts gathering to form a single soul of the machine: soul -> ソウ, and the vehicle's components converge into one working whole.