接
touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
Readings
On'yomi
- セツ
- ショウ
Kun'yomi
- つ.ぐ
Meaning
接 centers on bringing things together so they touch or connect: making contact, adjoining surfaces, or piecing parts into a whole.
Most common words using 接
24 of 455- 直接ちょくせつN4
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
- 接続せつぞくN2
connection; attachment; union; join; joint; link
- 接触せっしょくN1
touch; contact; touching
- 面接めんせつN3
interview (e.g. for a job)
- 接近せっきんN2
getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
- 接するせっするN2
to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close
- 間接かんせつN2
indirection; indirectness
- 接種せっしゅ
inoculation; vaccination
- 直接的ちょくせつてき
direct
- 隣接りんせつ
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
- 接待せったいN1
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
- 接点せってん
point of tangency; point of contact
- 密接みっせつN1
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near
- 接着せっちゃく
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering; fastening
- 溶接ようせつ
welding
- 接戦せっせん
close contest; close match; close game; close race
- 接見せっけん
(official) audience; interview; reception
- 応接おうせつN2
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
- 継ぎ接ぎつぎはぎN1
patching (clothing); darning
- 予防接種よぼうせっしゅ
vaccination; inoculation; immunization; immunisation
- 間接的かんせつてき
indirect
- 間接税かんせつぜい
indirect tax
- 直接選挙ちょくせつせんきょ
direct election
- 直接税ちょくせつぜい
direct tax
Study
Etymology
接 combines 扌 (hand) with 妾, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of joining or connecting. The exact historical role of 妾 is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
A hand 扌 beside 妾, which looks like a person standing under a roof, suggests a hand reaching out to make contact or join things together.
Reading mnemonic
For セツ, imagine a hand touching two sets of puzzle pieces and fitting them together: sets -> セツ, and the pieces connect.