集
jíTraditional: 集
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Translation
to gather, to collect, collection, episode
Word origin
Originally an ideograph showing a bird (隹) perched on a tree (木), depicting birds gathering, hence the sense to assemble or collect.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- 隹 (zhuī, short-tailed bird) + 木 (mù, tree)
Stroke order
集
Examples
邮。
He likes to collect stamps.
剧共。
This television drama has thirty episodes in total.
口。
Everyone gathered at the entrance.
诗。
This book is a collection of his poems.
。
We need to concentrate our energy on the work.
集 (jí) means to gather or collect, and as a noun a collection or an episode of a series. It appears in many compounds about assembling and concentrating things or people.
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