shōu

gather together

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
丩 sound component

  Sound component

jiū

  

join

攵 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tap

is a component form of .

Evolution

收 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
收 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
收 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shōu

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

Most common words with 收
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to receive

收到

to receive

收入

to take in

收拾

to tidy up

收集

to gather