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集う · godan verb (-u)

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

meet; assemble; congregate

formal or literary

Formal or literary intransitive verb for people gathering in one place, often for a purpose or event. More elevated than 集まる.

〈人ひと〉が〈場ば所しょ〉に集つどうpeople gather/congregate at a place
毎まい年とし、卒そつ業ぎょう生せいたちがこの広ひろ場ばに集つどう。
Every year, the graduates gather at this square.
〈事こと〉のために〈人ひと〉が集つどうpeople gather for a (shared) purpose or occasion
平へい和わを願ねがう人ひと々びとが集しゅう会かいのために集つどった。
People wishing for peace gathered for the rally.

集あつめるN5
集める is the transitive verb meaning to collect or gather (something), while 集う is intransitive, describing people themselves coming together.

集あつまるN4
集まる is the common, everyday word for people or things gathering, while 集う is more formal and literary, often implying a purposeful or ceremonial assembly.
会かいする
会する is a formal, somewhat old-fashioned verb for people meeting or convening, similar in register to 集う but more focused on a formal meeting than a general gathering.
揃そろうN3
集う is a more literary word for people gathering, whereas 揃う is everyday and stresses completeness of the set.

散ちるN3
散る means to scatter or disperse, the opposite of 集う, which describes people coming together in one place.

集あつめるN5
集う looks related to 集める but is an intransitive, literary verb meaning people gather/convene on their own, unlike transitive 集める.

The modern verb continues Classical Japanese 集ふ, “to gather or assemble,” conventionally written with 集.