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收

shōu

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 4

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shōu · sau1 (Jyutping)

  1. to receive
  2. to accept
  3. to collect
  4. to put away
  5. to restrain
  6. to stop
  7. in care of (used on address line after name)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

收

Meaning
gather together, collect; harvest
Radical
攵
Strokes
6
Components
⿰丩攵
Cangjie
VLOK
Four-corner
2874.0

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