摂 — vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to

せっ摂 vicarious

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+6442 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1779 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1876 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

vicarious
surrogate
act in addition to
take in
absorb

word

せっ se Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

摂(せっ) 取(しゅ) sesshu intake

と to Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

摂(と) る toru to take in

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

みみ耳 ear #128

冫 ice

また又 or, again #29

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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