JLPT N4 · More verbs

集まる

あつまる

to gather

Stroke order of 集まる

3 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

集 · 12 strokesま · 3 strokes る · 1 strokes

Memory trick

Birds 隹 gather together on top of a tree 木.

Parts: 隹 bird + 木 tree

The characters in 集まる

まま — ma (3 strokes)
るる — ru (1 strokes)

Example sentence

学生が教室に集まりました。

がくせいがきょうしつにあつまりました。

The students gathered in the classroom.

Words with 集

集合gathering; meeting up 募集recruitment; call for applicants 集めるto collect; to gather 特集feature; special edition 編集editing 収集collecting

More words: More verbs

思うto think 考えるto think about; to consider 知るto know 知らせるto inform 動くto move 歌うto sing 通うto commute; to attend 使うto use 作るto make 送るto send 着くto arrive 切るto cut 別れるto part; to break up 足りるto be enough 建てるto build 転ぶto fall over

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