Chinese Character 摄 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

摄 meaning[3] in English

To Take In.

To Absorb.

To Assimilate.

Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: (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], .shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QSJE

How to write 摄

To writeshe4to take … you should write a combination of shou5'hand' radical … , nie4surname Nie arranged in a shape:

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摄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:she4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Take In . To Absorb . To Assimilate . To Act For . To Take A Photo . Photo Shoot . Photo . To Conserve (One'S Health)

Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc

Pinyin:nie4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Nie

Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)

Pinyin:shuang1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Shuang

Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 摄in English or Chinese