The kanji 集: meaning, readings and stroke order
集
- Meaning
- gather, collect
- On reading
- シュウ shuu
- Kun reading
- あつ(まる) atsumaru、あつ(める) atsumeru、つど(う) tsudou
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 small bird
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tụ tập, thu thập (tập)
- Japanese
- あつまる。あつめる。
- Korean
- 모이다, 모으다 (집)
- Chinese
- 集合、收集
Readings, words and example sentences
シュウ shuu · on reading
集合
meeting up
八時に 校門の 前で 集合します。
We meet in front of the school gate at eight.
あつ(まる) atsumaru · kun reading
集まる
to gather, to come together
広場に 人が 集まります。
People gather in the square.
あつ(める) atsumeru · kun reading
集める
to collect
海で 貝を 集めるのが すきです。
I like collecting shells at the beach.
つど(う) tsudou · kun reading · less common
集う
to get together
友が 集う 会です。
It is a party where friends get together.
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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.