收

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收 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女中人大 (VLOK), four-corner 2874₀, composition ⿰丩攵)

• 𠈅, 𠲠, 𭠰, 𥅪, 𦀏, 𩷊, 𪯊, 𤙘, 𫆃, 荍, 𡱙

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13110
• Dae Jaweon: page 815, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1448, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6536

Historical forms of the character 收
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws) : semantic 攴 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw) – to arrest.

收

1. to arrest; to detain
2. to receive; to be given
3. to accept; to take in; to admit into
4. to accept

   對唔住，我哋唔收信用卡。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   对唔住，我哋唔收信用卡。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶, ngo⁵ dei⁶ m⁴ sau¹ seon³ jung⁶ kaat¹. [Jyutping]

   Sorry, we don't accept credit cards.

5. to put something away
6. to collect; to gather
7. Short for 收購／收购 (shōugòu); to buy; to purchase
8. to harvest; to reap
9. to stop; to put an end to
10. to restrain; to control
11. to withdraw; to take back

    就嚟收太陽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    就嚟收太阳。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    zau⁶ lei⁴ sau¹ taai³ joeng⁴. [Jyutping]

    The Sun is about to go down.

12. (colloquial) to finish (someone); to make (someone) a possession of oneself
13. (Cantonese, of shops) to close

    今日做冬，啲舖全部早收。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今日做冬，啲铺全部早收。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    gam¹ jat⁶ zou⁶ dung¹, di¹ pou³ cyun⁴ bou⁶ zou² sau¹. [Jyutping]

    Today is winter solstice, so the shops are all closing early.

14. (Cantonese) Short for 收皮.
15. (Cantonese) to punish

    等天收 [Cantonese]  ―  dang² tin¹ sau¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• → Thai: ซิว (siu)

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 収)

1. income

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 收める)

收 (eumhun 거둘 수 (geodul su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“collect”)

• 수거 (收去, sugeo, “taking back”)
• 회수 (回收, hoesu, “recovery; calling in”)

收: Hán Nôm readings: thu, thâu, tho, thò, dũ, thua

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