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Kanji Detail for 収 - "to obtain, to harvest, to store"

収

  • Meaning

    収 means "to obtain, to harvest, to store."

    1. Collect - To gather; to bring together.

    2. Obtain - To acquire; to receive.

    3. Harvest - To gather crops; to reap.

    4. Store - To keep; to put away.

  • Words using 収

    • 収入 しゅうにゅう Listen income; earnings; revenue
    • 収支 しゅうし Listen income and expenditure
    • 収益 しゅうえき Listen earnings; proceeds; returns
    • 回収 かいしゅう Listen collection; recovery; withdrawal
    • 収賄 しゅうわい Listen accepting a bribe
    • 税収 ぜいしゅう Listen tax yields; revenue
    • 買収 ばいしゅう Listen acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover
    • 収穫 しゅうかく Listen harvest; crop; ingathering

  • Four-character idioms with 収

    • 人心収攬 じんしんしゅうらん Listen winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment

  • Tattoo check: 収

    • Verified meaning: to obtain, to harvest, to store
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつむ, おさむ, しゅう)

    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 収

    Given names 収(おさむ)Listen 収(しゅう)Listen

    Surnames 収(あつむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    income; obtain; reap; pay; supply; store

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    gather together, collect; harvest

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 收[shou1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    osa.maru(おさ-まる) おさ-まる

    osa.meru(おさ-める) おさ-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    又 (mata)

  • Related Keywords

    obtain harvest store accept accumulate capture consolidate gather include shrink collect acquire amass compile crop earnings garner income keep reap receive retrieve revenue yield

Sentences including 収

  • Every man has his price.

  • That american movie was a great success.

  • Living on a small income is hard.

  • He lives beyond his income.

  • He doesn't earn enough money to live on.

  • Do not live above your income.

  • Now my income is twice what it was two years ago.

  • The new machine brought in a lot of money.

  • I live above my means.

  • May i have a receipt?

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