收 (shōu)

to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away

How 收 is written

Strokes
6
Radical
丨 — line
Traditional
收
Simplified
收 (unchanged)

Components

  • 丨 line
  • ㇙ N/A
  • ⺙ knock

Common words using 收

收到 shōudào
to receive
收拾 shōushi
to put in order; to tidy up; to pack
收獲 shōuhuò
variant of 收穫|收获[shou1 huo4]
收藏 shōucáng
to hoard; to collect; collection
吸收 xīshōu
to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest
回收 huíshōu
to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve
接收 jiēshōu
reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept
收入 shōurù
to take in; income; revenue
收回 shōuhuí
to regain; to retake; to take back
收場 shōuchǎng
the end; an ending; to wind down
收工 shōugōng
to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off
收復 shōufù
to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture

收 in a sentence

你的包裹我已經幫你收下來了。

Nǐ de bāoguǒ wǒ yǐjīng bāng nǐ shōu xiàlái le.

“I have already received your package for you.”

How common is 收?

收 is the 351st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 68.1% of all running text.

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