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Kanji Detail for 蒐 - "to collect"

  • Meaning

    蒐 means "to collect." Also associated with hunt, madder.

    1. Madder - A perennial plant used for red dye.

    2. To collect - To gather.

    3. Hunt - A spring hunt; hunting.

    4. To investigate - To count; to examine.

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    • Verified meaning: to collect
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぬた)
    • Also carries these associations: hunt, madder

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Surnames (ぬた)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gather

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    collect, gather, assemble; seek; spring hunt; assemble for war

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to collect; to gather

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    collect, gather, assemble; seek; spring hunt; assemble for war

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To gather. Such as 蒐羅 (collect), 蒐輯 (compile). | Spring hunting is called 蒐.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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