Hanja Analyzer
接

接 — jeop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이을 접
Romanization
jeop
English
receive; continue; catch; connect
Mandarin
jiē
Japanese on'yomi
セツ, ショウ, キョウ, ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
つ.ぐ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#523 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
妾
Unicode
U+63A5

Parts that make up 接

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 妾 첩 첩sound 머리에 표를 얹은 여자첩. ‘첩’ 계열의 소리

How 接 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 接 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 妾.

Korean example words with 接

  • 접맥接脈 Korean gloss: 맥을 이음
  • 접문接吻 Korean gloss: 입술을 댐
  • 접객接客 Korean gloss: 손님을 접대함
  • 접근接近 Korean gloss: 가까이 다가감
  • 접적接敵 Korean gloss: 적과 맞부딪침
  • 피접避接 Korean gloss: ‘비접’의 원말
  • 대접待接 Korean gloss: 마땅한 예로써 대함
  • 접어接語 Korean gloss: 말을 서로 주고받음
  • 지접止接 Korean gloss: 몸을 붙이어 의지함
  • 전접奠接 Korean gloss: 머물러 살 곳을 정함
  • 접대接待 Korean gloss: 손님을 맞아서 시중을 듦
  • 접수接受 Korean gloss: 돈이나 물건 따위를 받음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 接

  • 直接ちょくせつ direct; immediate; personal
  • 接触せっしょく touch; contact; touching
  • 面接めんせつ interview (e.g. for a job)
  • 密接みっせつ close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near
  • 接近せっきん getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
  • 接戦せっせん close contest; close match; close game
  • 接待せったい entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
  • 接するせっする to touch; to come in contact with; to border on
  • 接点せってん point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact
  • 予防接種よぼうせっしゅ vaccination; inoculation; immunization
  • 間接かんせつ indirection; indirectness
  • 隣接りんせつ adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

Characters sharing the phonetic 妾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “접”

Other hanja with radical 手

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences