What 収 means
It marks taking something in, collecting it, or bringing it under control.
The Japanese compounds 収入 (income), 収穫 (harvest), and 収録 (recording) use the reading しゅう (shū). In verbs, 収める means put away or obtain; 収まる means settle or fit.
The early Eastern Han dictionary Shuowen Jiezi glosses 收 as “capture.” Traditional analysis treats 攴 as an action component and 丩 as its sound component; that explains the structure of 收, not when Japanese 収 was invented.
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Who writes 収
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Questions people ask
1Why does 収 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 収
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- 収 meaning · 収 reading · shuu · osameru · osamaru · 収める · 収まる · 収入
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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\53CEHow to type 収
With a Japanese IME, type shuu or osameru and choose 収 from the conversion candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
収
HTML hex
収
CSS content
content: "\53CE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%8F%8E
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.