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湊
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
凑
🇨🇳

gather together

HSK 10
Human →Actions
còu
ソウ
みなと、あつ.まる
주
Components
Traditional (湊)
氵 water (drops)+ 奏 play an instrument =
湊 gather together
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
water
奏 Phonetic component
zòu play an instrument
memorialize emperor
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Simplified (凑)
冫 ice+ 奏 play an instrument =
凑 piece together
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice
ice
奏 Phonetic component
zòu play an instrument
memorialize emperor
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
湊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
凑 / 湊 [còu]
to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
Japanese
港 、 湊 (rare) みなと 同音
noun harbour; harbor; port
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その船はいま港にある。
The ship is now in the harbor.
Japanese Names
湊 あつむ
Atsumu given name
湊 しん
Shin surname
湊 すすむ
Susumu surname
湊 そう
Sou surname
湊 はた
Hata surname
湊 みなと
Minato place namesurnamefemale given name
湊 みなとざき
Minatozaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (21)
凑合 [còu​he] #11,350
to bring together
紧凑 [jǐn​còu] #17,508
compact
凑巧 [còu​qiǎo] #11,837
fortuitously
拼凑 [pīn​còu] #17,820
to assemble
凑热闹 [còu​rè​nao] #25,741
to join in the fun
凑近 [còu​jìn] #26,842
to approach
凑数 [còu​shù] #46,991
to serve as a stopgap
凑钱 [còu​qián] #38,228
to raise enough money to do sth
凑足 [còu​zú] #50,083
to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
凑份子 [còu​fèn​zi] #62,368
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
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JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 港 [みなと] #5,275
harbour
輻輳 [ふくそう] #108,067
congestion (e.g. traffic)
春の湊 [はるのみなと]
end of spring