收 shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
收藏
shōucáng
to collect
Characters in this word
藏 cáng
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 臧 good, right
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他收藏了许多老照片，记录了这座城市几十年的变化。 Tā shōucáng le xǔduō lǎo zhàopiàn, jìlù le zhè zuò chéngshì jǐ shí nián de biànhuà. He has collected many old photographs, recording several decades of changes in this city.
- 爷爷收藏了几百枚旧邮票，每一枚都很珍贵。 Yéye shōucáng le jǐ bǎi méi jiù yóupiào, měi yì méi dōu hěn zhēnguì. Grandpa has collected several hundred old stamps, and every one of them is precious.
- 这篇文章写得真好，我先收藏起来慢慢看。 Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de zhēn hǎo, wǒ xiān shōucáng qǐlái mànman kàn. This article is really well written, so I will save it first and read it slowly later.
Related words
- 收 shōu to receive; to put away
- 收到 shōudào to receive
- 收入 shōurù income
- 收费 shōufèi to charge a fee
- 收看 shōukàn to watch a broadcast
- 收听 shōutīng to listen to a broadcast
- 收音机 shōuyīnjī radio
- 收回 shōuhuí to take back
- 收获 shōuhuò harvest; gain
- 收益 shōuyì profit; income
- 吸收 xīshōu to absorb
- 丰收 fēngshōu good harvest