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收 — to receive; to accept; to collect

to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain

Pinyin
shōu
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 收: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

收 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 收 in the HSK syllabus: 34

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect; to put awayHSK 3
  2. 收到shōudàoto receiveHSK 3
  3. 收费shōufèito charge a feeHSK 4
  4. 收入shōurùto take in; income; revenueHSK 4
  5. 收拾shōushito put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repairHSK 4
  6. 收听shōutīngto listen toHSK 4
  7. 回收huíshōuto recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recoverHSK 5
  8. 接收jiēshōureception; to receive; to accept; to admitHSK 5
  9. 收获shōuhuòto harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profitHSK 5
  10. 收集shōujíto gather; to collectHSK 5
  11. 收看shōukànto watchHSK 5
  12. 吸收xīshōuto absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruitHSK 5
  13. 丰收fēngshōuto reap a bumper harvestHSK 6
  14. 收藏shōucángto collect; to put away for safekeeping; to bookmarkHSK 6
  15. 收购shōugòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official levelHSK 6
  16. 收取shōuqǔto receive; to collectHSK 6
  17. 收益shōuyìearnings; profitHSK 6
  18. 招收zhāoshōuto hire; to recruitHSK 6
  19. 没收mòshōuto confiscate; to seizeHSK 7–9
  20. 收复shōufùto recover; to recaptureHSK 7–9
  21. 收割shōugēto harvest; to reap; to gather in cropsHSK 7–9
  22. 收据shōujùreceiptHSK 7–9
  23. 收敛shōuliǎnto dwindle; to vanish; to make vanishHSK 7–9
  24. 收留shōuliúto offer shelter; to have sb in one's careHSK 7–9
  25. 收买shōumǎito purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy offHSK 7–9
  26. 收视率shōushìlǜratingsHSK 7–9
  27. 收缩shōusuōto pull back; to shrink; to contract; systoleHSK 7–9
  28. 收养shōuyǎngto take in and care for; to adopt; adoptionHSK 7–9
  29. 收音机shōuyīnjīradioHSK 7–9
  30. 收支shōuzhīcash flow; financial balance; income and expenditureHSK 7–9
  31. 税收shuìshōutaxationHSK 7–9
  32. 验收yànshōuto inspect and accept; acceptanceHSK 7–9
  33. 增收zēngshōuto increase revenue; to increase income by; to levyHSK 7–9
  34. 征收zhēngshōuto levy; to expropriateHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.