Attaches to nouns to form words meaning a collected set or anthology, such as 作品集 (collection of works) or 論文集 (collection of papers).
We published a collection of haiku left behind by my grandfather.
This poetry collection contains his early works.
I plan to publish a short story collection next month.
The poet compiled a new collection of poems.
集 (しゅう, 'collection') and 州 (しゅう, 'state/province') are pronounced identically but refer to entirely different concepts, so context and kanji distinguish them.
department; division; bureau; faculty · club; team · part; portion; region; area · category; class; division; section; heading · counter for copies of newspapers, magazines, books, etc.
editing; compilation
recruitment; solicitation; taking applications · raising (funds); solicitation (of donations); collection · flotation (of shares, bonds, etc.); offering
concentration; focus one's attention · concentration in one place; centralization; gathering · focus of questions; focus of debate; convergence · within a collection of works
group; mass; collective body
special feature; special edition; report
The kanji 集 means 'gather' or 'collect'. As a suffix, it derives from its use in compounds to denote a collected body of works or items.
total; aggregate; tally; sum up
settlement; village; community · colony (bacterial)
consolidate; aggregate; summarize
attracting customers; customer acquisition
compilation; highlights; summary collection
convening; convocation; calling a meeting · summons; call-up; calling people together
accumulation; collection; gathering
concentration; gathering together; mobilization
crowding together; clustering; close formation; swarm
complete works; complete collection; complete series
compilation; comprehensive collection · culmination; fruit of labor
convening; calling together; call-up
collecting; gathering
art book; collection of pictures
money collection; collecting payments
anthology; collection of writings
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
crowd; gathering; assembly
document collection; compilation of materials
centralization of power
aggregation; compilation; collection