接 — kanji meaning “touch”
接
touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
- Meanings
- touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
- On'yomi
- セツ (setsu)、ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- つ.ぐ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #523 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- jiē — Chinese character page
Words with 接
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 直接 | ちょくせつ chokusetsu | direct; immediate; personal |
| 接触 | せっしょく sesshoku | touch; contact; touching |
| 接続 | せつぞく setsuzoku | connection; attachment; union |
| 面接 | めんせつ mensetsu | interview (e.g. for a job) |
| 接近 | せっきん sekkin | getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching |
| 間接 | かんせつ kansetsu | indirection; indirectness |
| 接する | せっする sessuru | to touch; to come in contact with; to border on |
| 接待 | せったい settai | entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining |
| 密接 | みっせつ missetsu | close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near |
| 隣接 | りんせつ rinsetsu | adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined |
| 接種 | せっしゅ sesshu | inoculation; vaccination |
| 直接的 | ちょくせつてき chokusetsuteki | direct |
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