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收录 (shōu lù) — to include (in a collection); to compile; to record (entries, songs, works); to recruit; to employ (in older or formal usage)

Definition

收录 (shōu lù) is a formal verb meaning to include or record items in a collection — a dictionary's entries, a journal's articles, an album's songs. Think 'to be featured in' a published work.

verb
to include (in a collection)to compileto record (entries, songs, works)to recruitto employ (in older or formal usage)

Examples

  • 收录。
    Zhè běn cí diǎn shōu lù le liǎng wàn duō gè cháng yòng cí.
    This dictionary includes over 20,000 common words.
  • 收录。
    Tā de xīn zhuān jí shōu lù le shí shǒu yuán chuàng gē qǔ.
    Her new album contains ten original songs.
  • 收录。
    Gāi qī kān měi nián shōu lù yuē wǔ shí piān xué shù lùn wén.
    The journal publishes about fifty academic papers each year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

收shōucollect
录lùrecord

收 and 录 both contribute collecting and recording, giving include or record.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù錄lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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