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攝

攝

See also: 摂, 摄, and 撮

Translingual

Traditional 攝
Shinjitai 摂
Simplified 摄

Han character

攝 (radical 64 手+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 手尸十十 (QSJJ), four-corner 51041, composition ⿰扌聶)

  1. take in, absorb
  2. act as deputy
  3. administer, assist

References

  • KangXi: page 463, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13010
  • Dae Jaweon: page 812, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1986, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+651D

Chinese

trad. 攝
simp. 摄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (聶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
攝 *neːb, *ʔnjeb
聶 *neb
鑷 *neb
躡 *neb
襵 *nteb, *ʔnjeb
懾 *ʔnjeb
囁 *ʔnjeb, *njeb
欇 *ʔnjeb, *n̥ʰjeb, *ɦnjeb, *hnjeb
灄 *hnjeb
顳 *njeb
讘 *njeb

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 攝 攝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 葉 (155) 怗 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 書涉切 奴協切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiᴇp̚/ /nep̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕiɛp̚/ /nep̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕjæp̚/ /nɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕiap̚/ /nɛp̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiɛp̚/ /nep̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭɛp̚/ /niep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ɛp̚/ /niep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 she niè
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 攝
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syep ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kə.n̥ep/
English catch, gather up

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 攝 攝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9528 9539
Phonetic
component		 聶 聶
Rime
group		 盍 盍
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 苶 攝
Old
Chinese		 /*neːb/ /*ʔnjeb/
Notes 見漢書

Definitions

攝

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Compounds

  • 攝氏／摄氏 (Shèshì)
  • 攝氏溫度計／摄氏温度计
  • 攝生／摄生
  • 攝行／摄行

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 (nhép, nếp, nhiếp, xếp, nhẹp, nhíp, triếp)

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