収集

See also: 收集

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 6
しゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on
Alternative spellings
收集 (kyūjitai)
蒐集
聚集 (rare)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 收集 (MC syuw dzip, “to collect, to gather”), from (MC syuw, “to receive, to collect”) + (MC dzip, “to gather”). First appears in roughly 760 CE with the spelling 聚集 in kanbun texts.[1]

The 収集 spelling appears to be more common in modern usage.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゅうしゅう [shùúshúú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨːɕɨː]

Noun

(しゅう)(しゅう) • (shūshūしうしふ (siusifu)?

  1. collection, collecting
    データ収集(しゅうしゅう)
    dēta shūshū
    data collection

Synonyms

Verb

(しゅう)(しゅう)する • (shūshū suruしうしふ (siusifu)?transitive suru (stem (しゅう)(しゅう) (shūshū shi), past (しゅう)(しゅう)した (shūshū shita))

  1. to collect, to gather

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 収集(しゅうしゅう)() (shūshūka)
  • 収集(しゅうしゅう)() (shūshūbi)
  • 収集(しゅうしゅう)(ひん) (shūshūhin)
  • 収集(しゅうしゅう)(へき) (shūshūheki)
  • ()(こつ)収集(しゅうしゅう) (ikotsu shūshū)
  • (きっ)()収集(しゅうしゅう) (kitte shūshū)
  • (きょう)(どう)収集(しゅうしゅう) (kyōdō shūshū)
  • (じょう)(ほう)収集(しゅうしゅう) (jōhō shūshū)
  • ()(しょう)収集(しゅうしゅう) (mushō shūshū)
  • (ゆう)(しょう)収集(しゅうしゅう) (yūshō shūshū)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN