聚

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to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

People standing side-by-side 乑, hand-to-ear 取

Components 取乑

assemble · Heisig RSH #2098

取 take + 人 person

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
物以类聚，人以群分	wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn	Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flo…
王国聚会所	Wáng guó Jù huì suǒ	Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
聚合作用	jù hé zuò yòng	polymerization
聚精会神	jù jīng huì shén	to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
聚光太阳能	jù guāng tài yáng néng	concentrating solar power (CSP)
三聚体	sān jù tǐ	trimer (chemistry)
高聚物	gāo jù wù	polymer
聚合体	jù hé tǐ	aggregate; polymer
聚合物	jù hé wù	polymer
经气聚集	jīng qì jù jí	meeting points of qi (in Chinese medicine)
热核聚变反应	rè hé jù biàn fǎn yìng	thermonuclear fusion reaction
二聚体	èr jù tǐ	dimer (chemistry)
聚在一起	jù zài yī qǐ	to get together
聚变武器	jù biàn wǔ qì	fusion-type weapon
聚变反应	jù biàn fǎn yìng	nuclear fusion
全聚德	Quán jù dé	Quanjude (famous Chinese restaurant)
聚沙成塔	jù shā chéng tǎ	(lit.) many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom); (fig.) many little things add …
物以类聚	wù yǐ lèi jù	similar things come together (idiom); like draws like; Birds of a feather flock together.
聚少成多	jù shǎo chéng duō	see 積少成多\|积少成多[ji1 shao3 cheng2 duo1]
聚头	jù tóu	to meet; to get together

These characters use 聚 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
聚 sound part	jù	to assemble, to collect, to meet
骤	zhòu	procedure; sudden, abrupt; to gallop
鄹	zōu	the name of a state; surname