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Kanji Detail for 接 - "to connect, to touch"

接

  • Meaning

    接 means "to connect, to touch." Also associated with to meet.

    1. Connect - To join; to link together.

    2. Touch - To come into contact; to reach.

    3. Meet - To encounter; to receive.

    4. Receive - To accept; to welcome.

  • Words using 接

    • 直接 ちょくせつ Listen direct; immediate; personal
    • 接触 せっしょく Listen touch; contact; touching
    • 面接 めんせつ Listen interview (e.g. for a job)
    • 密接 みっせつ Listen close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near
    • 接戦 せっせん Listen close contest; close match; close game
    • 接近 せっきん Listen getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
    • 接待 せったい Listen entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
    • 接する せっする Listen to touch; to come in contact with; to border on

  • Four-character idioms with 接

    • 官官接待 かんかんせったい Listen bureaucrats entertaining bureaucrats using public funds

  • Tattoo check: 接

    • Verified meaning: to connect, to touch
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to meet

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    touch; contact; adjoin; piece together

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    receive; continue; catch; connect

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To join. Two ends joining is 接. Such as 反接其手, meaning joining both hands and binding from behind. | To meet. Such as meeting being 接洽. Also 直接, 間接, same meaning. | To receive. Such as 接手, 接辦. Being too busy is 應接不暇. | To continue. Continuous without break is 接. Such as 接踵而至. | Receiving guests well is 接. Such as 迎接, 招接.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    setsu(セツ) セツ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsu.gu(つ-ぐ) つ-ぐ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to connect to touch to meet approach come close fit match interact intertwine receive contact attach bond bridge combine encounter join link merge relate unite associate

Sentences including 接

  • The house verges on the river.

  • He was the first man i interviewed for the job.

  • You must not come in contact with him.

  • You can believe me , because i heard this news first hand.

  • He found it very hard to keep the conversation going.

  • Go and see him in person.

  • You must not keep in touch with him.

  • She kissed me like anything.

  • Why don't you tell her directly?

  • It was really close.

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