集 – gather, meet, congregate

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#210 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 集 means gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ (shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あつ.まる、あつ.める、つど.う (atsumaru, atsumeru, tsudou). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 隹 (no. 172).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	あつ.まる	atsumaru
Kun’yomi	あつ.める	atsumeru
Kun’yomi	つど.う	tsudou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 隹 (Kangxi radical 172). Components: 木・隹.

Words using 集

集めるあつめるto collect集まるあつまるto gather集団しゅうだんgroup集中しゅうちゅうconcentration (on a task)採集さいしゅうcollecting集まりあつまりgathering集しゅうcollection集会しゅうかいmeeting集金しゅうきんmoney collection集合しゅうごうmeeting up全集ぜんしゅうcomplete works編集へんしゅうediting募集ぼしゅうrecruitment特集とくしゅうfeature (e.g. newspaper)群集ぐんしゅうcrowd集計しゅうけいtotalization収集しゅうしゅうcollecting密集みっしゅうcrowding together

Example sentences

趣味は切手を集めることです。

My hobby is collecting stamps.

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私達は先生の前に集まった。

We gathered around the teacher.

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君はいまやエリート集団の一員だ。

You are now among the elite.

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Kanji with the same radical

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