攝

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷

摄

🇨🇳

摂

🇯🇵

take a photo

HSK 10 N1

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shè

セツ、ショウ

おさ.める、かね.る、と.る

섭, 엽

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 聶 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (攝)

扌 hand (side)+ 聶 whisper (iii) =

攝 take a photo

扌 Meaning component

shou hand (side)

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

聶 Phonetic component

whisper (iii)

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Japanese (摂)

扌 hand (side)+ 耳 ear =

摂 take a photo

扌

hand (side)

耳

ear

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

攝

Regular

Modern

Chinese

摄 / 攝 [shè]

to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to act for; to take a photo; photo shoot; photo; to conserve (one's health)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

摂おさむ

Osamu given name

摂しずか

Shizuka given name

摂せつ

Setsu female given name

摂せつじ

Setsuji unclassified name

摂せつゆき

Setsuyuki unclassified name

攝おさむ

Osamu unclassified name

攝せつ

Setsu female given name

CHINESE WORDS (43)

摄影师 [shèyǐngshī] #2,981

photographer

摄像机 [shèxiàngjī] #2,966

video camera

摄像头 [shèxiàngtóu] #3,075

webcam

摄像 [shèxiàng] #10,313

to videotape

摄影机 [shèyǐngjī] #6,079

camera

摄氏度 [Shèshìdù] #18,552

°C (degrees Celsius)

摄入 [shèrù] #15,549

to take in

摄影棚 [shèyǐngpéng] #9,758

film studio

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JAPANESE WORDS (37)

⭐ 取り入れる [とりいれる] #7,722

to take in

⭐ 摂取 [せっしゅ] #11,375

intake (e.g. of salt)

⭐ 摂る [とる] #12,674

to have (e.g. lunch)

⭐ 接待 [せったい] #14,240

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world)

⭐ 摂理 [せつり] #17,114

laws (of nature)

食事を摂る [しょくじをとる] #19,185

to have a meal

不摂生 [ふせっせい] #47,664

neglect of one's health

摂津 [せっつ] #48,733

Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

過剰摂取 [かじょうせっしゅ] #53,641

overdose

⭐ 摂氏 [せっし] #54,911

Celsius

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KOREAN WORDS (2)