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接 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
セツせつ · setsu
Kun
つ(ぐ)tsu(gu)
Meaning
to touch; join; receive (a guest)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" plus 妾; drawing near and joining by hand — hence "to touch, to join."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセツせつsetsu接触せっしょく接待せったい直接ちょくせつ
Kunつぐtsugu接ぐはぐ接ぎ木つぎき骨接ぎほねつぎ

Compare: 継ぐ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 直接ちょくせつ

    direct(ly)

  • 面接めんせつ

    interview

More words with this kanji

  • 接触せっしょく
  • 隣接りんせつ
  • 接吻せっぷん
  • 熔接ようせつ
  • 接ぎ木つぎき
  • 謦咳に接するけいがいにせっする

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

先生(せんせい)に直接(ちょくせつ)お礼(れい)を言(い)った。

I thanked the teacher directly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

直接面接接直straig…面face技skill招to inv…授to gra…採to pic…提to pre…設to est…切to cut折to fol…拙clumsy刹temple
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading セツAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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