収

音読おんよみ: シュウ

訓読くんよみ: おさめる・おさまる

画数かくすう: 4

部首ぶしゅ: また(又)

Meaning

Collect / Gather / Receive / Settle

Conjugation
Tap for 収める (put in; settle) Tap for 収まる (fit; settle)
  • 収入しゅうにゅう — income
  • 収穫しゅうかく — harvest
  • 回収かいしゅう — collection; retrieval
  • 吸収きゅうしゅう — absorption
  • 収納しゅうのう — storage; putting away
  • 領収りょうしゅう — receipt; receiving (money)

The character 収 originally evoked “bringing in by hand,” hence collection or settling. It appears across finance, storage, and resolution—e.g., 収入 (income), 収納 (storage), and 吸収 (absorb).

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