收

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See also: 収
收 U+6536, 收
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6536
← 攵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攷 →

Translingual

Japanese 収
Simplified 收
Traditional 收
Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

收 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女中人大 (VLOK), four-corner 28740, composition ⿰丩攵)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 815, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1448, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6536

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 收
alternative forms 収
敊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 收
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (丩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艽 *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁 *kriːw
荍 *ɡiw
叫 *kiːws
訆 *kiːws
嘂 *kiːws
收 *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾 *kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻 *kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩 *kɯw, *krɯw
赳 *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬 *ɡrɯw
虯 *ɡrɯw
觓 *ɡrɯw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws) : semantic 攴 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw) – to arrest.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 收 收
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 式州切 舒救切
Baxter syuw syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕɨu/ /ɕɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiu/ /ɕiuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiəu/ /ɕiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕuw/ /ɕuwH/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiu/ /ɕiuH/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭəu/ /ɕĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ə̯u/ /ɕi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shōu shòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sau1 sau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 收
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-kiw/
English collect; harvest

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 收 收
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6921 6922
Phonetic
component 		丩 丩
Rime
group 		幽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		收 狩
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰljɯw/ /*qʰljɯws/

Definitions

收

  1. to arrest; to detain
  2. to receive; to be given
  3. to accept; to take in; to admit into
  4. to accept
    對唔住，我哋唔收信用卡。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    对唔住，我哋唔收信用卡。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    deoi3 m4 zyu6, ngo5 dei6 m4 sau1 seon3 jung6 kaat1.
    Sorry, we don't accept credit cards.
  5. to put something away
  6. to collect; to gather
  7. Short for 收購／收购 (shōugòu); to buy; to purchase
  8. to harvest; to reap
  9. to stop; to put an end to
  10. to restrain; to control
  11. to withdraw; to take back
    就嚟收太陽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    就嚟收太阳。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    zau6 lei4 sau1 taai3 joeng4.
    The Sun is about to go down.
  12. (colloquial) to finish (someone); to make (someone) a possession of oneself
  13. (Cantonese, of shops) to close
    今日做冬，啲舖全部早收。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今日做冬，啲铺全部早收。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam1 jat6 zou6 dung1, di1 pou3 cyun4 bou6 zou2 sau1.
    Today is winter solstice, so the shops are all closing early.
  14. (Cantonese) Short for 收皮.
  15. (Cantonese) to punish
    等天收 [Cantonese]  ―  dang2 tin1 sau1   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Thai: ซิว (siu)

Japanese

Shinjitai

収

Kyūjitai

收

Kanji

收

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 収)

  1. income

Readings

Korean

Hanja

收 (eumhun 거둘 수 (geodul su))

  1. Hanja form? of 수 (“collect”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

收: Hán Nôm readings: thu, thâu, tho, thò, dũ, thua

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