集金
しゅうきん · shuukin · JLPT N2 · noun
solicitation
💰 集 = gather + 金 = money: 集金 is gathering money from people, like collecting dues
集 (shuu) means gather or collect, and 金 (kin) means money. It is used for collecting fees, dues, or payments from members or customers.
集 — bird 隹 on top of tree 木
集 is an ideograph showing a bird (隹) perched on a tree (木). The original form depicted three birds gathering on a tree, later simplified to one. From 'birds flocking together' it extended to mean 'gather, collect, assemble,' and by extension 'collection' or 'volume' of writings.
金 — roof 亼 + two dots (metal nuggets) + earth 土
Originally a pictograph of metal nuggets buried in the earth beneath a covering, with the two dots representing pieces of ore. It first meant 'metal' broadly, then narrowed to 'gold' as the most precious metal, and by extension 'money'.