摂
vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to, take in, absorb
Readings
On'yomi
- セツ
- ショウ
Kun'yomi
- おさ.める
- かね.る
- と.る
Nanori
- せっ
Meaning
摂 centers on acting in place of or on behalf of something else: doing something vicariously, serving as a surrogate, or taking something in and absorbing it as a substitute or supplement.
Most common words using 摂
20 of 36- 摂取せっしゅ
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion
- 摂るとる
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
- 摂政せっしょう
regency; regent
- 摂政せっせい
advisor (to the Ryukyuan King)
- 摂津せっつ
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
- 摂理せつり
laws (of nature)
- 摂氏せっしN1
Celsius; centigrade
- 包摂ほうせつ
inclusion; encompassing; connotation
- 不摂生ふせっせいN1
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
- 摂関せっかん
regents and advisers (advisors)
- 摂社せっしゃ
auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)
- 五摂家ごせっけ
the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
- 兼摂けんせつ
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
- 包摂主義ほうせつしゅぎ
inclusionism; inclusivism
- 摂動せつどう
perturbation
- 摂動論せつどうろん
perturbation theory
- 摂南大学せつなんだいがく
Setsunan University
- 摂取量せっしゅりょう
intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount
- 摂受しょうじゅ
converting someone (gently) to Buddhism; proselytization
- 摂家せっけ
(line of) regents and advisers (advisors)
Study
Etymology
摂 is the modern simplified form of 攝. The older form combines 扌 (hand) with 聶, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of grasping or taking in. The modern simplification replaces the complex lower part with a simpler shape.
Meaning mnemonic
A hand 扌 reaches up to an ear 耳, as if taking in sounds or acting as a surrogate listener. The lower part suggests absorbing what is heard.
Reading mnemonic
For セツ, imagine a hand taking in a set of sounds through the ear: set -> セツ, and the ear absorbs the set of sounds vicariously.