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Kanji Detail for 攝 - "take, manage, absorb"
攝
- Meaning
攝 means "take, manage, absorb."
Take - To receive; to absorb.
Manage - To control; to handle.
Act for - To serve as a deputy.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
surrogate; act in addition to
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
take in, absorb; act as deputy; administer, assist
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to absorb, to take in; to photograph; to act on behalf of
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To hold up. (Analects) "Lifting his robe to ascend the hall." Meaning lifting clothes to walk. | To seize. Such as arrest being 句攝. Colloquially, 追魂攝魄 has this meaning. | To collect. Such as photography being 攝影, meaning capturing people's images in a lens. Also, preserving health is 攝生. See (Laozi). Meaning collecting one's spirit. Today's 調攝, 珍攝 are based on this. | To regulate. Such as 統攝, 鎮攝, meaning using authority to make people behave. | To act for. To substitute. (Analects) "Official duties are not delegated." Now, acting in a position is 攝代.
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