Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 隹 (ふるとり) – old bird

Henshall Mnemonic: birds gather in tree

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #210 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 集める   [あつめる]
  (v1,vt) to collect; to assemble   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 集団   [しゅうだん]
  (n) group; mass   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集中   [しゅうちゅう]
  (n,vs) concentration; focusing the mind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集まり   [あつまり]
  (n) gathering; meeting; assembly; collection   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 全集   [ぜんしゅう]
  (n) complete works   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集合   [しゅうごう]
  (n,vs) (1) gathering; assembly; meeting; (2) (math) set   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 編集   [へんしゅう]
  (n,vs) editing; compilation; editorial (e.g. committee)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 募集   [ぼしゅう]
  (n,vs) recruiting; taking applications   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集   [しゅう]
  (n) collection   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集会   [しゅうかい]
  (n) meeting; assembly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集金   [しゅうきん]
  (n,vs) money collection   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 集計   [しゅうけい]
  (n,vs) totalization; aggregate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 特集   [とくしゅう]
  (n) feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 密集   [みっしゅう]
  (n,vs) crowd; close formation; dense   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 採集   [さいしゅう]
  (n,vs) collecting; gathering   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 群集   [ぐんしゅう]
  (n) (social) group; crowd; throng; mob; multitude   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 収集   [しゅうしゅう]
  (n,vs) gathering up; collection; accumulation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集まる   [あつまる]
  (v5r,vi) to gather; to collect; to assemble   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 集散   [しゅうさん]
  (n,vs) collection (gathering) and distribution   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 編集者   [へんしゅうしゃ]
  editor (in publishing, etc.)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集積   [しゅうせき]
  (n,vs) accumulation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集大成   [しゅうたいせい]
  (n,vs) compilation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集中豪雨   [しゅうちゅうごうう]
  local downpour; severe rain fall   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集票   [しゅうひょう]
  (n,vs) gathering votes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集約   [しゅうやく]
  (n) (1) intensive; (2) collect(ed); summarize(d)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集落   [しゅうらく]
  (n) village   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 中央集権   [ちゅうおうしゅうけん]
  centralized authoritarian rule   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 招集   [しょうしゅう]
  (n,vs) calling or convening (a meeting, assembly, congress)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歌集   [かしゅう]
  (n) anthology; book of poetry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 結集   [けっしゅう]
  (n) concentration; regimentation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 寄せ集め   [よせあつめ]
  (n) mish-mash; miscellany; medley; odds and ends   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 召集   [しょうしゅう]
  (n,vs) calling together (e.g. parliament)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 句集   [くしゅう]
  (n) collection of haiku poems   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 寄り集まる   [よりあつまる]
  (v5r) to gather together   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 写真集   [しゃしんしゅう]
  collection of photographs; photoalbum   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 詩集   [ししゅう]
  (n) poetry anthology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 画集   [がしゅう]
  (n) book of paintings in print   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集い   [つどい]
  (n) meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集う   [つどう]
  (v5u) to meet; to assemble; to congregate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集る   [たかる]
  (v5r) (1) to gather; to crowd round; to swarm; to flock; (2) to extort from; to sponge off   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集荷   [しゅうか]
  (n) collection of cargo; cargo booking   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 集 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.