收 (shōu): meaning and stroke order
收 (shōu) means to receive, to accept, to collect, to put away, to restrain, to stop.
收
- Simplified
- 收
- Traditional
- 收 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shōu
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Stroke order of 收
收
- shōu to receive; to accept
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 收
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shōu
- to receive
- to accept
- to collect
- to put away
- to restrain
- to stop
- in care of (used on address line after name)
Radical and structure
- 收
- Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 6 strokes · 丩 on the left, 攵 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 收
- 收回 shōu huí to regain; to retake
- 收到 shōu dào to receive
- 收支 shōu zhī cash flow; financial balance
- 收据 shōu jù receipt; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- 收入 shōu rù to take in; income
- 收获 shōu huò to harvest; to reap
收 in our stories
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孩子出生一个月后，法海用一只金钵收了白素贞，把她压在了西湖边的雷峰塔下。
háizi chūshēng yí gè yuè hòu Fǎhǎi yòng yì zhī jīnbō shōu le Bái Sùzhēn bǎ tā yā zài le Xī Hú biān de Léifēng Tǎ xià
A month after the child was born, Fahai captured Bai Suzhen in a golden alms bowl and imprisoned her beneath the Leifeng Pagoda by West Lake.
From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 收
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).