收

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to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 meaning “hand” + 丩 sound ( jiū )

Components 丩攵

receive · Heisig RSH #1193

cornucopia + taskmaster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
无线电收发机	wú xiàn diàn shōu fā jī	transceiver; radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay
一发而不可收	yī fā ér bù kě shōu	to be impossible to stop once started
收山之作	shōu shān zhī zuò	the final work in the career of a composer, film director or architect etc
无线电接收机	wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu jī	receiver (radio)
主动收入	zhǔ dòng shōu rù	(finance) active income
收音机	shōu yīn jī	radio; CL:臺\|台[tai2]
收报人	shōu bào rén	recipient (of mail or a message)
收山	shōu shān	(slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career; to pack it in; (of a gangster, pr…
国民收入	guó mín shōu rù	measures of national income and output
收市	shōu shì	to close the market (for the day); to close (a market, shop etc) for business
收心	shōu xīn	to concentrate on the task; to curb one's evil instincts
收地	shōu dì	to confiscate land for redistribution (China, 1947-52); (of a government) to acquire land …
收报机	shōu bào jī	telegraph receiver
收手	shōu shǒu	to stop; to pull back
收发	shōu fā	to receive and send; to receive and transmit
收下	shōu xià	to accept; to receive
收口	shōu kǒu	(knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off; to bind; (of a wound) to close up; to heal
名利双收	míng lì shuāng shōu	both fame and fortune (idiom); both virtue and reward
收工	shōu gōng	to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off
收成	shōu chéng	harvest

Characters sharing the sound component 丩 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
丩 sound part	jiū	to connect, to join; vine
叫	jiào	cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
赳	jiū	gallant, valiant