摂

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See also: 攝 and 摄
摂 U+6442, 摂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6442
← 摁
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 摃 →

Translingual

Traditional 攝
Shinjitai 摂
Simplified 摄

Etymology

Simplified from 攝 Compare 渋 from 澁.

Han character

摂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手尸十人 (QSJO), composition ⿰扌⿳耳丷八)

  1. take in, absorb
  2. act as deputy

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 449, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1928, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+6442

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 摂 – see 攝 (“to take in; to absorb; to extract; to assimilate; to take a photograph; to shoot; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 攝).

Japanese

Shinjitai

摂

Kyūjitai

攝

Kanji

摂

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 攝)

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Readings

Proper noun

摂(おさむ) • (Osamu) 

  1. a male given name
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