集

gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あつ.まるあつ.めるつど.う

Nanori (名乗り)

あつまりず

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:12

JLPT:N4

Frequency:210

Vocabulary

シュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
歌集	カシュウ	collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
句集	クシュウ	collection of haiku poems
採集	サイシュウ	collecting; gathering
詩集	シシュウ	poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
集荷	シュウカ	collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.); cargo booking

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
寄せ集め	よせあつめ	mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
寄り集まる	よりあつまる	to gather together
結集	けっしゅう	concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
集い	つどい	meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
集まる	あつまる	to gather; to collect; to assemble

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

vessels, counter for ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair

notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent

advance, proceed, progress, promote

char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe

dilate, distend, bulge, fill out, swell

semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate

counter for bows & stringed instruments, lengthen, put up (tent), spread, stretch

protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

long, leader, superior, senior