收

shōu

gather together, collect; harvest

How to write 收, stroke by stroke

to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)

Pictophonetic: semantic 攵 (hand), phonetic 丩

Made of 丩 + 攵

收到shōu dàoto receive
收拾shōu shito put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
收集shōu jíto gather; to collect
收回shōu huíto regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
收入shōu rùto take in; income; revenue
收下shōu xiàto accept; to receive
没收mò shōuto confiscate; to seize
接收jiē shōureception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate
收音机shōu yīn jīradio
收养shōu yǎngto take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption
收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection
吸收xī shōuto absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit

对不起。我收回我的话。
duì bù qǐ 。 wǒ shōu huí wǒ de huà 。
I'm sorry. I take back my words.
我昨天收到了你的信。
wǒ zuó tiān shōu dào le nǐ de xìn 。
I received your letter yesterday.
你们应该收集进一步的信息。
nǐ men yīng gāi shōu jí jìn yí bù de xìn xī 。
You must gather further information.
你收拾好东西了没有？
nǐ shōu shí hǎo dōng xī le méi yǒu ？
Have you finished packing yet?
我不能收下这个礼物。
wǒ bù néng shōu xià zhè ge lǐ wù 。
I cannot accept this gift.