Kanji 集

音読おんよみ: シュウ

訓読くんよみ: あつまる・あつめる

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: ふるとり(隹)

Meaning

Gather / Collect / Assemble

Conjugation
Tap for 集める (transitive) Tap for 集まる (intransitive)
  • 集合しゅうごう — gathering, assembly
  • 集団しゅうだん — group, crowd
  • 編集へんしゅう — editing, compilation
  • 特集とくしゅう — special edition / feature
  • 集計しゅうけい — tally, total
  • 募集ぼしゅう — recruitment
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  • 集会しゅうかい — meeting, assembly
  • 群集ぐんしゅう — crowd, throng
  • 密集みっしゅう — dense crowd, concentration
  • 集散しゅうさん — gathering and dispersing
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • あつめる — to gather together; to collect (miscellaneous items)
  • あつまる — to get together; to congregate
  • あつめすぎる — to collect too much
  • あつめまくる — to collect excessively; to gather a lot (casual)

The radical 隹 (ふるとり) represents a small bird. In 集, this bird is depicted above a tree (木), symbolizing many birds gathered together — hence, the meaning “to gather.”

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