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Translingual
Han character
攝 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 手尸十十 (QSJJ), four-corner 51041, composition ⿰扌聶)
- take in, absorb
- act as deputy
- administer, assist
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 463, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13010
- Dae Jaweon: page 812, character 35
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1986, character 8
- Unihan data for U+651D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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攝
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*neːb, *ʔnjeb
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聶
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*neb
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鑷
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*neb
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躡
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*neb
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襵
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*nteb, *ʔnjeb
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懾
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*ʔnjeb
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囁
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*ʔnjeb, *njeb
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欇
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*ʔnjeb, *n̥ʰjeb, *ɦnjeb, *hnjeb
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灄
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*hnjeb
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顳
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*njeb
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讘
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*njeb
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *neːb, *ʔnjeb) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 聶 (OC *neb).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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攝
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shè
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syep ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kə.n̥ep/
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English
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catch, gather up
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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攝
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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9539
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Phonetic component
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聶
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Rime group
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盍
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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攝
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔnjeb/
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Definitions
攝
- to take in; to absorb; to extract
- to take a photograph
- (literary) to hold; to grasp; to drag
- (literary) to manage; to command; to administer
- (literary) to act as an agent; to be a representative; to act as a proxy
- 攝政/摄政 ― shèzhèng ― to act as regent
- (literary) to arrest; to apprehend
- (literary) to draw; to attract
- 攝石/摄石 [Cantonese] ― sip3 sek6 ― magnet (literally, “stone that attracts”)
- (literary) to assist
- (literary) to be squeezed in between
- (literary) to maintain one's health; to keep fit
- (Chinese phonetics) rhyme group; rhyme class (one of 16 sets of 韻 in Middle Chinese)
Synonyms
- 吸 (xī)
- 吸取 (xīqǔ)
- 吸收 (xīshōu)
- 抽取 (chōuqǔ)
- 攝取/摄取 (shèqǔ)
- 束 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 汲 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
- 汲取 (jíqǔ)
- 燥 (Hokkien)
- 影 (Cantonese)
- 拍 (pāi)
- 拍攝/拍摄 (pāishè)
- 攝取/摄取 (shèqǔ)
- 欱 (Hokkien)
- 翕 (Min Nan)
- (to maintain one's health):
- 俘獲/俘获 (fúhuò)
- 俘虜/俘虏 (fúlǔ)
- 囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
- 抓 (zhuā)
- 抓獲/抓获 (zhuāhuò)
- 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
- 拿獲/拿获 (náhuò)
- 捉 (zhuō)
- 捉拿 (zhuōná)
- 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
- 捕獲/捕获 (bǔhuò)
- 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
- 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
- 擒拿 (qínná)
- 擒獲/擒获 (qínhuò)
- 查獲/查获 (cháhuò)
- 緝拿/缉拿 (jīná)
- 緝捕/缉捕 (jībǔ)
- 緝獲/缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
- 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
- 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
- 訪拿/访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
- 訪緝/访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
- 跴緝/跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
- 踩緝/踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
- 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
- 追拿 (zhuīná)
- 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
- 追擊/追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
- 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
- 追緝/追缉 (zhuījī)
- 逮捕
- 就 (jiù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 接近 (jiējìn)
- 搭近 (Hokkien)
- 湊近/凑近 (còujìn)
- 貼近/贴近 (tiējìn)
- 迫臨/迫临 (pòlín)
- 迫近 (pòjìn)
- 逼倚 (Hokkien)
- 逼近 (bījìn)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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攝
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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9528
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Phonetic component
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聶
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Rime group
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盍
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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苶
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Old Chinese
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/*neːb/
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Notes
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見漢書
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Definitions
攝
- † Only used in 攝然/摄然.
Etymology 3
Compare Wuming Zhuang saeb (“to insert into a gap”), Hlai nyiep (/ȵiːp⁷/, “to insert into a gap”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
攝 (Cantonese)
- to squeeze into; to wedge in
- 攝衫/摄衫 [Cantonese] ― sip3 saam1 ― to tuck in clothing
攝封信入門罅度 [Cantonese, trad.]
摄封信入门罅度 [Cantonese, simp.]- sip3 fung1 seon3 jap6 mun4 laa3 dou6
- to squeeze the letter into the gap between the door and its frame
- to raise something by putting another thing underneath
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
攝
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 摂)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
攝 • (seop, yeop) (hangeul 섭, 엽, revised seop, yeop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, yŏp, Yale sep, yep)
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Vietnamese
Han character
攝: Hán Nôm readings: nhép, nếp, nhiếp, xếp, nhẹp, nhíp, triếp
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