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The character "收" originates from an early form depicting a hand holding a tool, conveying the fundamental idea of seizing or capturing something, which was its primary meaning in classical texts. Its structure, composed of the left-side component "丩" representing entanglement or connection and the right-side component "攵" indicating an action with the hand, reinforces this sense of actively bringing things together or under control. Over time, its meaning expanded from the concrete act of taking possession to include the gathering of tangible items like a harvest, and later broadened further into more abstract applications such as receiving items, collecting revenue, or bringing a matter to a conclusion. This semantic progression from physical capture to general acquisition and finalization reflects its integrated conceptual role in the language.
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我收到一封信。
请收拾桌子。
他每天收快递。
我们需要收入证明。
公司决定收费服务。
农民秋天收获粮食。
她收藏了很多古董。
政府收回了之前的政策。