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收

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to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #325 U+6536

How 收 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 (semantic, “hand”) + 丩 (phonetic, jiū)

components: 丩 攵

How to remember it

receive · Heisig RSH #1193

cornucopia + taskmaster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丩

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丩 (jiū) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
丩 sound component jiū to connect, to join; vine
叫 jiào cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
赳 jiū gallant, valiant

Words containing 收

WordPinyinMeaning
无线电收发机 wú xiàn diàn shōu fā jī transceiver; radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay
一发而不可收 yī fā ér bù kě shōu to be impossible to stop once started
收山之作 shōu shān zhī zuò the final work in the career of a composer, film director or architect etc
无线电接收机 wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu jī receiver (radio)
主动收入 zhǔ dòng shōu rù (finance) active income
收音机 shōu yīn jī radio; CL:臺|台[tai2]
收报人 shōu bào rén recipient (of mail or a message)
收山 shōu shān (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career; to pack it in; (of a gangster, pr…
国民收入 guó mín shōu rù measures of national income and output
收市 shōu shì to close the market (for the day); to close (a market, shop etc) for business
收心 shōu xīn to concentrate on the task; to curb one's evil instincts
收地 shōu dì to confiscate land for redistribution (China, 1947-52); (of a government) to acquire land …
收报机 shōu bào jī telegraph receiver
收手 shōu shǒu to stop; to pull back
收发 shōu fā to receive and send; to receive and transmit
收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive
收口 shōu kǒu (knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off; to bind; (of a wound) to close up; to heal
名利双收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom); both virtue and reward
收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off
收成 shōu chéng harvest