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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
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集 ⿱人一
Mandarin
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English
Definitions
to assemble. to gather together
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: a roofline (compare 舍) with 一 emphasizing openness (contrasted with 宀 an enclosed dwelling): to gather