集

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to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Birds 隹 flocking on a tree 木

Components 隹木

gather · Heisig RSH #538

turkey + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
集安市	Jí ān Shì	Ji'an, a county-level city in Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin
有理数集	yǒu lǐ shù jí	set of rational numbers (math.)
不可数集	bù kě shuò jí	uncountable set (math.)
子集合	zǐ jí hé	(math.) subset
集体化	jí tǐ huà	collectivization; to collectivize
集体主义	jí tǐ zhǔ yì	collectivism
民主集中制	mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì	democratic centralism
集中器	jí zhōng qì	concentrator
集成电路	jí chéng diàn lù	integrated circuit
集合体	jí hé tǐ	aggregate; ensemble; bundle
自然数集	zì rán shù jí	(math.) the set of natural numbers
集美区	Jí měi Qū	Jimei, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市\|厦门市[Xia4 men2 Shi4], Fujian
子集	zǐ jí	(math.) subset
集子	jí zi	anthology; selected writing
中国石油天然气集团公司	Zhōng guó Shí yóu Tiān rán qì Jí tuán Gōng sī	China National Petroleum Corporation
市集	shì jí	fair; market (in a public place); small town
集市	jí shì	market; bazaar; fair
集中	jí zhōng	to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together
点集合	diǎn jí hé	(math.) point set
可数集	kě shǔ jí	countable set (math.); denumerable set