接

touch

Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingセツ、ショウ

Kun readingつ.ぐ

Jōyō Grade 5

to join
to piece together
to set (bones)
to graft (onto a tree)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical手hand 扌variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · concubine · vase · stand up (立) · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 725

Compound words

応接おうせつ

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

間接かんせつ

indirection; indirectness

接近せっきん

getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.)

接続せつぞく

connection; attachment; union; join; joint

接するせっする

to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent

接ぐつぐ

to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)

接客せっきゃく

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

接続するせつぞくする

to connect

接見せっけん

(official) audience; interview; reception; meeting with one's lawyer (while detained or imprisoned)

接種せっしゅ

inoculation; vaccination

接触せっしょく

touch; contact; touching

接戦せっせん

close contest; close match; close game; close race; close combat

接待せったい

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

接着せっちゃく

adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding

接点せってん

point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection

直接ちょくせつ

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

密接みっせつ

close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent

面接めんせつ

interview (e.g. for a job)

溶接ようせつ

welding

隣接りんせつ

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

Additional Examples

彼は色々な種類の人と接触する。

He is in touch with all kinds of people.tatoeba

彼は私が誘拐犯人と接触出来るようにしてくれた。

He put me in touch with the kidnappers.tatoeba

彼はその就職の面接を受けたが就職できなかった。

He was interviewed for the job, but couldn't get it.tatoeba

秀吉の死後は徳川家康に接近。

After Hideyoshi's death, Yoshimasa approached Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.wiki

源義仲入京後は義仲に接近した。

He became close to MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka after he occupied Kyoto.wiki

近接する鉄道路線

Railways near to Uzumasa Stationwiki

法住寺と隣接する。

Adjacent to Hoju-ji Templewiki

接続する鉄道路線

Connecting railway linewiki

- 固定桟橋に接続。

It is connected to the fixed pier.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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