Chinese Character 攝 Meanings and components.

Form

攝

Meaning

攝 meaning[3] in English

To Take In.

To Absorb.

To Assimilate.

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Main Components

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

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 QSJJ

How to write 攝

To write攝she4to take … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 聶nie4surname Nie arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 聶 = 攝

攝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

攝
Pinyin:she4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Take In . To Absorb . To Assimilate . To Act For . To Take A Photo . Photo Shoot . Photo . To Conserve (One'S Health)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
聶
Pinyin:nie4 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Surname Nie
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)

Notes

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

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

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