収 - COLLECT Threads

Readings & Meanings:

おさ（まる）

シュウ

to obtain, to pay (taxes), to store

Common Usage:

収まる

収穫

収入

Examples:

示談金を払って、全ては丸く収まった。

秋は収穫の季節だ。

病気で会社を休んだので、その分収入が減った。

Translations:

The settlement was paid, and all worked out peacefully.

Autumn is the harvest season.

Because I took off of work for being sick, my income was diminished by that much.

Radical:

又 (mata) is the radical. But it's a little tricky.

This kanji used to be written this way: 收.

That's just 又 with a stick. 攵 and 又 are both hand pictograms, and both indicate an action.

The part on the left comes from 叫, which shows two threads twisted together. 叫 also includes 口, which explains why its meaning is "to yell": to yell is to twist the throat.

叫 + 又 = threads together + action = the action of twisting threads together = collecting, obtaining, settling.

References:

http://www.kanjinetworks.com/indices/radindex.html
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/node/kanji/o.htm