ChiramiN4 kanji · 12 strokes
集 means gather
集
隹 birds · 木 tree
集Real origin
Birds (隹) gathering on a tree (木): to gather.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- gather, meet, congregate, swarm
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) あつまる atsumaru
あつまる (atsumaru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: あつめる atsumeru, つどう tsudou
From Chinese (onyomi) シュウ shuu
シュウ (shuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
集会 しゅうかい · shuukai
meeting, assembly
Built from
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隹 Used in 40 kanji
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What does 集 mean?
Right: 集 means gather.Not quite: 集 means gather.In 集会, which reading does 集 use?
Right. 集会 is read しゅうかい (shuukai): 集 takes シュウ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 集会 is read しゅうかい (shuukai): 集 takes シュウ, its reading from Chinese.