Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
210 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 集 【シュウ】 collection, compilation
  • 集荷 【シュウカ】 collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.), cargo booking
  • 句集 【クシュウ】 collection of haiku poems
  • 歌集 【カシュウ】 collection of waka poems, anthology, songbook

Kun reading compounds

  • 集まる 【あつまる】 to gather, to collect, to assemble
  • 集める 【あつめる】 to collect, to assemble, to gather
  • 集う 【つどう】 to meet, to assemble, to congregate

Readings

Japanese names:
あつまり、 ず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
jib

Spanish

  • reunir
  • coleccionar
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • juntar
  • reunião
  • congregar
  • enxame
  • bando

French

  • rassembler
  • réunir
  • collection
  • grouiller
  • attroupement
243 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
324 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
309 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
168 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5031 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
279 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
272 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1779 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
436 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
442 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1851 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3445 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
566 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41974 Morohashi
2771 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6500 New Nelson (John Haig)
559 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
601 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
224 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
399 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2464 2001 Kanji
8c4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2090.4 Four corner code
1-29-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c6 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1800 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塊茎 【カイケイ】 tuber
  • 塊鉱 【カイコウ】 lump ore
  • 団塊 【ダンカイ】 mass, lump, clod, clump, nodule, baby boom generation (of 1947-1949), babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
  • 山塊 【サンカイ】 mountain mass, massif

Kun reading compounds

  • 塊 【かたまり】 lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster, group, crowd, embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification
  • 塊魂 【かたまりだましい】 Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
  • 一塊 【いっかい】 one lump, one group
  • 拝金主義の塊 【はいきんしゅぎのかたまり】 money-worshiper

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuai4
Korean:
goe

Spanish

  • conglomerado
  • terrón
  • masa
  • aglomeración

Portuguese

  • grumo
  • montículo
  • reboco
  • coágulo
  • massa

French

  • motte
  • caillot
  • masse
1065 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1946 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1670 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1524 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1625 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1753 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
386 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2043 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5319 Morohashi
632 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1070 New Nelson (John Haig)
2024 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2180 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1613 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3b10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4611.3 Four corner code
1-18-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
584a Unicode hex code