Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
收 shows a hand 攵 grasping a whip or staff, a picture of arresting someone. 丩 jiū supplies the sound. From 'to arrest' the meaning grew to 'to collect, harvest', then 'to receive, gather', and 'to put away'.
Drawn as: hand grasping whip
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