集落 しゅうらく settlement #7,103 Meanings also 聚落 noun settlement; village; community; town biology (bacterial) colony Its kanji 集 シュウ · あつ.まる、あつ.める、つど.う gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock 落 ラク · お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet