Chinese Character 接 Meanings and components.

Form

接

Meaning

接 meaning[3] in English

To Receive.

To Answer (The Phone).

To Meet Or Welcome Sb.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 接 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and concubine (妾)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QYTV

How to write 接

To write接jie1to receive you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 妾qie4concubine arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 妾 = 接

接 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 接 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 接, looks as follow:

接
Pinyin:jie1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 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
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
妾
Pinyin:qie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Concubine . I, Your Servant (Deprecatory Self-Reference For Women)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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