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vicarious
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingセツ、ショウ
Kun readingおさ.める、かね.る、と.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. vicariousRtK
    彼は一人きりで朝食を摂った。He had breakfast all alone.tatoeba
    朝食を摂ったので、急いで学校に行った。Having finished breakfast, I hurried to school.tatoeba
  2. surrogate
  3. act in addition to
  4. take in
  5. absorb
  1. to have (e.g. lunch)
  2. to take (e.g. vitamins)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · ear (耳) · sparkler

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1876

Compound words

摂取するせっしゅする
intake (e.g. of salt)
摂氏せっし
Celsius; centigrade
摂取せっしゅ
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); assimilation
摂理せつり
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
摂るとる
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
兼摂けんせつ
serving concurrently as
摂家せっけ
(line of) regents and advisers (advisors)
摂食せっしょく
eating
摂政せっしょう
regency
摂生せっせい
taking care of one's health
摂待せったい
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world)
摂動せつどう
perturbation
摂りいれるとりいれる
to take in
摂り入れるとりいれる
to take in

Additional Examples

朝食を摂ったので、急いで学校に行った。
Having finished breakfast, I hurried to school.tatoeba
先月のオックスフォードの平均気温は摂氏１８度であった。
The average temperature in Oxford last month was 18C.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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