# 收

| 收 | U+6536, &#25910; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6536 |
| ← 攵 [U+6535] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 攷 → [U+6537] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 収 |
| Simplified | 收 |
| Traditional | 收 |

### Han character

收 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女中人大 (VLOK), four-corner 2874$_0$, composition ⿰丩攵)

#### Derived characters

* 𠈅, 𠲠, 𭠰, 𥅪, 𦀏, 𩷊, 𪯊, 𤙘, 𫆃, 荍, 𡱙

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13110
* Dae Jaweon: page 815, character 35
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1448, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6536

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 收 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 艽 | *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 芁 | *kriːw |
| 荍 | *ɡiw |
| 叫 | *kiːws |
| 訆 | *kiːws |
| 嘂 | *kiːws |
| 收 | *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws |
| 糾 | *kɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 朻 | *kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 丩 | *kɯw, *krɯw |
| 赳 | *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 虬 | *ɡrɯw |
| 虯 | *ɡrɯw |
| 觓 | *ɡrɯw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws) : semantic 攴 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw) – to arrest.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shōu (shou$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): shǒu
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): saau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): siu$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xiu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sû
    (Hailu, HRS): shiu$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): su$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sou$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siŭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siu$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xiu$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sau$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$seu / $^1$soe / $^1$sei / $^1$se / $^1$shieu
** (Jinhua): $^1$shieu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shou
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^1$
*** Yale: shōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shou
*** Palladius: шоу (šou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sou$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sou
*** Sinological IPA : /səu⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: shǒu
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^1$
*** Yale: sāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: saau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sau²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: siu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siu³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiu⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /su²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shiu$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃiu⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: su$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /su⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /sieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: siu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu
*** Tâi-lô: siu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu
*** Sinological IPA : /siu³³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /siu³⁵/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: sau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /səu⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Shaoxing)
*** Wugniu: $^1$seu
*** MiniDict: seu$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$seu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /sɯ⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /sɵ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /søy⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /sɤ⁵²/
** (Northern: Jiading)
*** Wugniu: $^1$soe
*** MiniDict: soe$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiading): /sø⁵³/
** (Northern: Changzhou, Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sei
*** MiniDict: sei$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /sei⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /sei³³⁴/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^1$se
*** MiniDict: se$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /se⁵³/
** (Northern: Ningbo, Zhoushan)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shieu
*** MiniDict: shieu$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɕiʏ⁵²/
*** Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ɕiu⁵³/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shieu
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ɕiu³³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: shou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʂəu̯³³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /səu̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: syuw, syuwH
Rime :
| Character | 收 | 收 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 式州切 | 舒救切 |
| Baxter | syuw | syuwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨu/ | /ɕɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiu/ | /ɕiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiəu/ | /ɕiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕuw/ | /ɕuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiu/ | /ɕiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭəu/ | /ɕĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ə̯u/ | /ɕi̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shōu | shòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sau$^1$ | sau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-kiw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰljɯw/, /*qʰljɯws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 收 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shōu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-kiw/ |
| English | collect; harvest |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 收 | 收 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6921 | 6922 |
| Phonetic component | 丩 | 丩 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 收 | 狩 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰljɯw/ | /*qʰljɯws/ |

### Definitions

收
* to arrest; to detain
* to receive; to be given
* to accept; to take in; to admit into
* to accept
       deoi$^3$ m$^4$ zyu$^6$, ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ m$^4$ sau$^1$ seon$^3$ jung$^6$ kaat$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Sorry, we don't accept credit cards.
* to put something away
* to collect; to gather
* Short for 收購／收购 (shōugòu); to buy; to purchase
* to harvest; to reap
* to stop; to put an end to
* to restrain; to control
* to withdraw; to take back
       zau$^6$ lei$^4$ sau$^1$ taai$^3$ joeng$^4$. [Jyutping]
       The Sun is about to go down.
* (colloquial) to finish (someone); to make (someone) a possession of oneself
* (Cantonese, of shops) to close
       gam$^1$ jat$^6$ zou$^6$ dung$^1$, di$^1$ pou$^3$ cyun$^4$ bou$^6$ zou$^2$ sau$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Today is winter solstice, so the shops are all closing early.
* (Cantonese) Short for 收皮.
* (Cantonese) to punish
    等天收 [Cantonese] ― dang$^2$ tin$^1$ sau$^1$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Compounds

* 一攬包收 / 一揽包收
* 不可收拾 (bùkě-shōushí)
* 了收
* 代收 (dàishōu)
* 低收入
* 低收入戶 / 低收入户
* 保留徵收 / 保留征收
* 俱收並蓄 / 俱收并蓄
* 內收 / 内收 (nèishōu)
* 公共收入
* 公用徵收 / 公用征收
* 兼收並蓄 / 兼收并蓄 (jiānshōubìngxù)
* 利息收入
* 創收 / 创收 (chuàngshōu)
* 區段徵收 / 区段征收
* 反水不收
* 名利兼收
* 名利雙收 / 名利双收 (mínglìshuāngshōu)
* 吸收 (xīshōu)
* 吸收劑量 / 吸收剂量
* 吸收口
* 回收 (huíshōu)
* 國際收支 / 国际收支
* 土地徵收 / 土地征收
* 坐收漁利 / 坐收渔利 (zuòshōuyúlì)
* 垃圾回收 (lājī huíshōu)
* 夜不收
* 大豐收 / 大丰收
* 好收場 / 好收场
* 官收官兌 / 官收官兑
* 實收 / 实收 (shíshōu)
* 帶罪徵收 / 带罪征收
* 征收 (zhēngshōu)
* 徵收 / 征收 (zhēngshōu)
* 應收帳款 / 应收帐款 (yīngshōu zhàngkuǎn)
* 應收票據 / 应收票据
* 截收
* 招收 (zhāoshōu)
* 拘收
* 採收 / 采收 (cǎishōu)
* 接收 (jiēshōu)
* 搶收 / 抢收 (qiǎngshōu)
* 收下
* 收介
* 收件 (shōujiàn)
* 收伏 (shōufú)
* 收件人 (shōujiànrén)
* 收件匣 (shōujiànxiá)
* 收入 (shōurù)
* 收兵 (shōubīng)
* 收割 (shōugē)
* 收受 (shōushòu)
* 收取 (shōuqǔ)
* 收口 (shōukǒu)
* 收回 (shōuhuí)
* 收回成命
* 收因結果 / 收因结果
* 收執 / 收执
* 收執聯 / 收执联
* 收場 / 收场 (shōuchǎng)
* 收報機 / 收报机
* 收容 (shōuróng)
* 收容所 (shōuróngsuǒ)
* 收小的
* 收尾 (shōuwěi)
* 收屍 / 收尸 (shōushī)
* 收工 (shōugōng)
* 收市 (shōushì)
* 收帳 / 收帐 (shōuzhàng)
* 收復 / 收复 (shōufù)
* 收心 (shōuxīn)
* 收心操
* 收恤
* 收成 (shōuchéng)
* 收手 (shōushǒu)
* 收押 (shōuyā)
* 收拍
* 收拾
* 收捉
* 收播
* 收撮
* 收據 / 收据 (shōujù)
* 收攏 / 收拢 (shōulǒng)
* 收攤 / 收摊 (shōutān)
* 收攬 / 收揽
* 收攬人心 / 收揽人心 (shōulǎnrénxīn)
* 收支 (shōuzhī)
* 收支平衡
* 收放自如
* 收效 (shōuxiào)
* 收救
* 收斂 / 收敛 (shōuliǎn)
* 收斂劑 / 收敛剂
* 收文
* 收方
* 收服 (shōufú)
* 收束 (shōushù)
* 收條 / 收条 (shōutiáo)
* 收檢 / 收检
* 收款 (shōukuǎn)
* 收歸 / 收归 (shōuguī)
* 收歸國有 / 收归国有
* 收殮 / 收殓 (shōuliàn)
* 收殺 / 收杀
* 收煞
* 收獲 / 收获 (shōuhuò)
* 收生 (shōushēng)
* 收生婆 (shōushēngpó)
* 收用
* 收留 (shōuliú)
* 收發 / 收发 (shōufā)
* 收益 (shōuyì)
* 收益稅 / 收益税
* 收監 / 收监 (shōujiān)
* 收盤 / 收盘 (shōupán)
* 收看 (shōukàn)
* 收視 / 收视 (shōushì)
* 收視反聽 / 收视反听
* 收視率 / 收视率 (shōushìlǜ)
* 收科
* 收租 (shōuzū)
* 收穫 / 收获 (shōuhuò)
* 收筆 / 收笔 (shōubǐ)
* 收管
* 收納 / 收纳 (shōunà)
* 收緊 / 收紧 (shōujǐn)
* 收編 / 收编 (shōubiān)
* 收縮 / 收缩 (shōusuō)
* 收繳 / 收缴 (shōujiǎo)
* 收羅 / 收罗 (shōuluó)
* 收聲 / 收声
* 收聽 / 收听 (shōutīng)
* 收腳 / 收脚
* 收藏 (shōucáng)
* 收藏家 (shōucángjiā)
* 收計 / 收计
* 收訖 / 收讫 (shōuqì)
* 收責 / 收责
* 收貯 / 收贮
* 收買 / 收买 (shōumǎi)
* 收費 / 收费 (shōufèi)
* 收費站 / 收费站 (shōufèizhàn)
* 收賄 / 收贿
* 收賞 / 收赏
* 收購 / 收购 (shōugòu)
* 收軍點將 / 收军点将
* 收銀機 / 收银机 (shōuyínjī)
* 收錄 / 收录 (shōulù)
* 收錄音機 / 收录音机
* 收集 (shōují)
* 收音 (shōuyīn)
* 收音機 / 收音机 (shōuyīnjī)
* 收領 / 收领
* 收養 / 收养 (shōuyǎng)
* 收驚 / 收惊
* 查收 (cháshōu)
* 欠收
* 歉收 (qiànshōu)
* 歲收 / 岁收 (suìshōu)
* 水旱不收
* 水覆難收 / 水覆难收
* 沒收 / 没收 (mòshōu)
* 沒收煞 / 没收煞
* 浮收
* 溢收
* 潑水難收 / 泼水难收
* 照價收買 / 照价收买
* 照單全收 / 照单全收
* 照收
* 營收 / 营收 (yíngshōu)
* 營業收入 / 营业收入
* 矜糾收繚 / 矜纠收缭
* 秋收 (qiūshōu)
* 秋收冬藏
* 稅收 / 税收 (shuìshōu)
* 管收
* 簽收 / 签收 (qiānshōu)
* 統收統支 / 统收统支
* 結果收因 / 结果收因
* 罷收 / 罢收
* 美不勝收 / 美不胜收 (měibùshèngshōu)
* 美滿收場 / 美满收场
* 臺收 / 台收
* 草率收兵 (cǎoshuàishōubīng)
* 蓐收
* 覆水難收 / 覆水难收 (fùshuǐnánshōu)
* 見好就收 / 见好就收 (jiàn hǎo jiù shōu)
* 討收管 / 讨收管
* 豐收 / 丰收 (fēngshōu)
* 貿易收支 / 贸易收支
* 資源回收 / 资源回收
* 賞收 / 赏收
* 超收 (chāoshōu)
* 雨散雲收 / 雨散云收
* 雲收雨散 / 云收雨散
* 雲收霧散 / 云收雾散
* 驗收 / 验收 (yànshōu)
* 鳴金收兵 / 鸣金收兵
* 點收 / 点收 (diǎnshōu)

### Descendants

* → Thai: ซิว (siu)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 収 |
| Kyūjitai | 收 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 収)
* income

#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)
* Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
* Kun: おさめる (osameru, 收める)

## Korean
### Hanja

收 (eumhun 거둘 수 (geodul su))
* hanja form of 수 (“collect”)

#### Compounds

* 수거 (收去, sugeo, “taking back”)
* 회수 (回收, hoesu, “recovery; calling in”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

收: Hán Nôm readings: thu, thâu, tho, thò, dũ, thua
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.