Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

摂: vicarious, surrogate

Also: act in addition to, take in, absorb

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 聶 gives the sound

13 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

セツsetsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 摂取せっしゅintake (e.g. of salt); ingestion
  • 摂氏せっしCelsius; centigrade
  • 摂理せつりlaws (of nature)
  • 包摂ほうせつinclusion; encompassing; connotation

とるtoru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 摂るとるto have (e.g. lunch)

Also read ショウ, おさめる, かねる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

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Also read セツ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ショウ

90 kanji share this on'yomiAll 90
In ChineseSimplified 摄 · traditional 攝 · shè

Three different forms: Japanese 摂, simplified 摄, traditional 攝.

Simplified
摄 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
攝 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shè most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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