to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)

= + : In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes is proud to receive a honorary sledge hammer for his fine detective work. Everyone is so afraid of him that they hand him the sledge hammer from far away using a roast fork.

收 character breakdown

archaic variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]

This one also looks like a fork, but don't mix it up with 山, which is a normal eating fork. This one is more of a roast fork.
variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).

Characters with 收 as component

common mallow (Malva sinesis) / variant of 蕎|荞[qiao2]

Words with 收

to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke
to charge a fee
to receive payment
irremediable / unmanageable / out of hand / hopeless
cash register / check out counter
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1]
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
to check sth and accept it

Sentences with 收

nǎ
lù
tia̅n
jiàng
 
 
qián
qù
sho̅u
fú
ya̅o
hóu