集
集 — Gather
gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
On’yomiシュウ (shuu)
Kun’yomiあつまる (atsumaru)
Kun’yomiあつめる (atsumeru)
Kun’yomiつどう (tsudou)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 集
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 集会 | しゅうかい shuukai | meeting; assembly; gathering |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
| 編集 | へんしゅう henshuu | editing; compilation |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう shuuchuu | concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.) |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう boshuu | recruitment; invitation; selection |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
Study notes
集 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #210 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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