集

Meaning

Gather, collect · reunir, juntar

Readings

• On (音読み): シュウ
• Kun (訓読み): あつ.まる・あつ.める

Example words

• 集める（あつめる）— to collect
• 集まる（あつまる）— to gather
• 集中（しゅうちゅう）— concentration

Structure

Radical 隹 (ふるとり · Small bird) · 12 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

Transitivity pair: 切手を集める (I collect stamps) vs 人が集まる (people gather) — reunir vs reunirse, but Japanese changes the verb ending, not a reflexive pronoun. Birds (隹) on a tree = a flock. 集中する = to concentrate.