Chinese Character Wiki
集

jí

gather, collect

Depicts birds (隹) gathering together on top of a (木).

Components
隹 iconic component

隹  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

集 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
集 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
集 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
集 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
集 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

集  

jí

assemble, collect together; to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

Most common words with 集
Freq.
Word
Meaning

集

to gather

集中

to concentrate

集团

group

收集

to gather

集体

a group

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

雜

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz][u]p

dzip

jí

gather, collect


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 80.1538% of movies

580th most common character in movies

406th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+96C6

Shuowen

“雧，羣鳥在木上也。从雥，从木。集，雧或省。”


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