The kanji 収: meaning, readings and stroke order

収

Meaning: take in, gain
On reading: シュウ shuu
Kun reading: おさ（める） osameru、おさ（まる） osamaru
Strokes: 4
Radical: 又 right hand
Level: Level 6 · grade 6
Old form: 收

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thu vào, cất (thu)
Japanese: とりいれる。おさめる。
Korean: 거두다, 넣다 (수)
Chinese: 收、收入 (收)

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading

収しゅう入にゅう
income, money you earn
一か月の 収しゅう入にゅうを記録します。
We write down how much money comes in each month.

おさ（める） osameru · kun reading · less common

収おさめる
to get (a good result)
今回もよい成績を 収おさめました。
This time, too, I got good results.

おさ（まる） osamaru · kun reading · less common

収おさまる
to calm down, to settle
やっとさわぎが 収おさまりました。
At last, the fuss calmed down.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.