蒐

蒐 · sōu

collect, gather, assemble; seek; spring hunt; assemble for war

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
sōu
Cantonese
sau1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

collect, gather, assemble; seek; spring hunt; assemble for war

Dictionary definitions & readings

蒐 sōu · (bound form) to collect; to gather

蒐 sōu · (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia); (literary) to hunt during spring

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53251.070:sōu,huì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1093.061:sōu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
348.170:sōu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
sōu粵sau1,sau2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュウ シュ カイ エ あかね あつめる かり Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
수:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
所鳩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
THI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4421.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1047.710 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
208.35 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1098a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8490
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7313

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
srjuw · 所鳩 · 流開三平尤生 · #1006

PHONO-ML, source line 7945; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1156.507
kDaeJaweon
1509.080
kFennIndex
473.04
kGSR
1098a
kHanYu
53251.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1509.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53251.070
kIRGKangXi
1047.710
kKangXi
1047.710
kKarlgren
460
kMatthews
5469
kMeyerWempe
2559c
kMorohashi
31539:E0102
kNelson
4022
kSBGY
208.35
kSMSZD2003Index
592.13
kCangjie
THI
kFenn
808I
kFourCornerCode
4421.3
kHKGlyph
3520
kMojiJoho
MJ022437 MJ022437:E0101 MJ022438:E0102
kPhonetic
711
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKP
kIRG_GSource
GE-497E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BB60
kIRG_JSource
J0-3D2F
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E4A4
kIRG_KSource
K0-623D
kIRG_TSource
T1-6A68
kRSUnicode
140.10
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
BB60
kCCCII
215566
kCNS1986
1-6A68
kCNS1992
1-6A68
kEACC
215566
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
2915
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7313
kTaiwanTelegraph
5533
kXerox
267:321
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2361+140.3.10 C+2361+194.10.3
kCantonese
sau1
kDefinition
collect, gather, assemble; seek; spring hunt; assemble for war
kFanqie
所鳩
kHangul
수:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53251.070:sōu,huì
kJapanese
シュウ シュ カイ エ あかね あつめる かり
kJapaneseKun
AKANE ATSUMERU KARI
kJapaneseOn
SHUU
kKorean
SWU
kMandarin
sōu
kSMSZD2003Readings
sōu粵sau1,sau2
kTGHZ2013
348.170:sōu
kTang
shriou
kXHC1983
1093.061:sōu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 蒐0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 鬼 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹鬼$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹鬼$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.