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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
搜集 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
搜集 =
ㄙㄡ ㄐㄧˊ · sōují
verb — to collect, to gather (by searching things out)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to search, to hunt through (搜尋)sōu
to gather together (聚集)
搜集,搜尋的搜,聚集的集。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一處處翻找(),找到的鳥都聚到樹上()。
You hunt through every corner (搜), and each bird you flush settles onto the one tree (集) — searched out, then gathered in.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
shōujíto collect — the everyday near-twin, gathering without the huntingsōujíthe same word written with 蒐, the grass-radical orthodox form