收 shōu
verb
: to receive; to accept; to collect; to harvest
: to put away
: to restrain; to stop
: in care of (used on address line after name)
Kun Reading
収まり | おさまり osamari
noun
: conclusion; end; settlement
収まる | おさまる osamaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be in one’s place; to be installed; to settle into
: to be delivered; to be obtained; to be paid
: to be settled; to be sorted out
: to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain); to calm down
: to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame); to be sheathed (in a scabbard)
収める | おさめる osameru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees)
: to supply
: to store
: to finish; to bring to a close
: to restore (something to its place)
: to achieve (e.g. a result)
収れん | しゅうれん shuuren
noun | suru verb
: astringency
: extraction (of taxes)
: convergence; contraction
On Reading
シュウ shuu
收拾 shou1shi: to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort somebody out; to fix somebody
[収拾 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu: control; settling; coping]
收起 shou1qi3: retracting
收成 shou1cheng2: harvest
收工 shou1gong1: to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off
收入 shou1ru4: to take in, to earn; income; revenue
[収入 | しゅうにゅう shuunyuu: income; receipts; revenue]
收生婆 shou1 sheng1 po2: midwife
[産婆 | さんば sanba OR 熊手婆 | くまでばば kumadebaba: midwife]收穫[获] shou1huo4: to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward
[収穫 | しゅうかく shuukaku: harvest; crop]
收穫節 [收获节] shou1 huo4 jie2: harvest festival
收益 shou1yi4: earnings; profit
[収益 | しゅうえき shuueki: earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue]
收音機[机] shou1 yin1 ji1: radio
收集 shou1ji2: to gather; to collect
[収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu: gathering up; collection; accumulation]
収集日 | しゅうしゅうび shuushuubi: collection day (for rubbish)
收視[视] shou1shi4: to view
收視率 [收视率] shou1shi4 lü4: ratings
收買[买] shou1mai3: to purchase; to bribe
收養[养] shou1yang3: to adopt a child; adoption
吸收 xi1shou1: to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit
[吸収 | きゅうしゅう kyuushuu: absorption; suction; attraction]
豐[丰]收 feng1shou1: bumper harvest
徵[征]收 zheng1shou1: to levy (a fine); to impose (a tariff)
回收 hui2shou1: to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product) [回収 | かいしゅう kaishuu: collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval]
稅[税]收 shui4shou1: taxation
[税収 | ぜいしゅう zeishuu: tax yields; revenue]
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
人心収攬 | じんしんしゅうらん jinshin shuuran
: (yoji) winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment
買収工作 | ばいしゅうこうさく baishuu kousaku
: (yoji) bribery scheme; acquisition maneuver
もとの鞘に収まる | もとのさやにおさまる moto no saya ni osamaru
: to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated
収まりがつかない | おさまりがつかない osamari ga tsukanai
: getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
收之桑榆 shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2
: to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset; to compensate later for one’s earlier loss; what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
收殘綴軼 [收残缀轶] shou1 can2 zhui4 yi4
: to gather and patch up something that is badly damaged
名利雙收 [名利双收] ming2 li4 shuang1 shou1
: both fame and fortune; both virtue and reward
坐收漁利 [坐收渔利] zuo4 shou1 yu2 li4
: benefit from others’ dispute
潑水難收 [泼水难收] po1 shui3 nan2 shou1
: water once spilled cannot be retrieved; irreversible change
OR
覆水難收 [覆水难收] fu4 shui3 nan2 shou1
: spilled water is difficult to retrieve; it’s no use crying over spilled milk. What’s done is done and can’t be reversed. The damage is done; once divorced, there’s no reuniting
美不勝收 [美不胜收] mei3 bu4 sheng4 shou1
: nothing more beautiful can be imagined
草率收兵 cao3 shuai4 shou1 bing1
OR
草草收兵 cao3 cao3 shou1 bing1
: to work vaguely then retreat; sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked
草草收場 [草草收场] cao3 cao3 shou1 chang3
: to rush to conclude a matter; to end up abruptly
見好就收 [见好就收] jian4 hao3 jiu4 shou1
: to quit while one is ahead; to know when to stop
鳴金收兵 [鸣金收兵] ming2 jin1 shou1 bing1
: to beat the gong to recall troops; to order a retreat
一分耕耘，一分收穫 [一分耕耘，一分收获] yi1 fen1 geng1 yun2 , yi1 fen1 shou1 huo4
: you get what you put in; you reap what you sow
失之東隅，收之桑榆 [失之东隅，收之桑榆] shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2
: to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset; to compensate later for one’s earlier loss; what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏 [春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏] chun1 sheng1 , xia4 zhang3 , qiu1 shou1 , dong1 cang2
: sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter
早動手，早收穫 [早动手，早收获] zao3 dong4 shou3 , zao3 shou1 huo4
: The sooner you set to work, the sooner you’ll reap the rewards.
形声 Pictophonetic.
攵 (pu1: rap; tap radical 66; stick in hand) suggests the meaning while
丩 (jiu1: to join or connect) provides the sound.
Historical/ Japanese variant:
収 shou1: gather together, collect; harvest
[osameru, osamaru. on: shuu]
Semantic:
㧃 shou1: (ancient form of 收) to receive what is due; to gather together, to harvest, to collect; to put away, to close, to bind, to restrain, to bring to the end, (same as 摎) entwined — as branches of a tree; to tangle; to involve, to collaborate; to band together
Examples:
腕時計の収集趣味だ。
うでどけいのしゅうしゅうがしゅみだ ude dokei no shuushuu ga shumida
The collection of wristwatches is a hobby.
這個商人收到了一船茶葉。
zhe4ge shang1ren2 shou1 dao4le yi1 chuan2 cha2ye4
The merchant had received a shipment of tea.
