攝

攝 (Kangxi 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

• KangXi: 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *neːb, *ʔnjeb) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 聶 (OC *neb).

攝

1. to take in; to absorb; to extract
2. to take a photograph
3. (literary) to hold; to grasp; to drag
4. (literary) to manage; to command; to administer
5. (literary) to act as an agent; to be a representative; to act as a proxy

   攝政／摄政  ―  shèzhèng  ―  to act as regent

6. (literary) to arrest; to apprehend
7. (literary) to draw; to attract

   攝石／摄石 [Cantonese]  ―  sip³ sek⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  magnet (literally, “stone that attracts”)

8. (literary) to assist
9. (literary) to be squeezed in between

   • 千乘之國，攝乎大國之間，加之以師旅，因之以饑饉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     千乘之国，摄乎大国之间，加之以师旅，因之以饥馑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qiānshèng zhī guó, shè hū dàguó zhījiān, jiā zhī yǐ shīlǚ, yīn zhī yǐ jījǐn. [Pinyin]

     Suppose the case of a state of ten thousand chariots; let it be straitened between other large states; let it be suffering from invading armies; and to this let there be added a famine in corn and in all vegetables.

10. (literary) to maintain one's health; to keep fit
11. (Chinese phonetics) rhyme group; rhyme class (one of 16 sets of 韻 in Middle Chinese)

• (to take in):

• (to take a photograph):

• (to maintain one's health):

• (to arrest):

• (to approach):

攝

1. ^† Only used in 攝然／摄然.

Compare Wuming Zhuang saeb (“to insert into a gap”), Hlai nyiep (/ȵiːp⁷/, “to insert into a gap”).

攝 (Cantonese)

1. to squeeze into; to wedge in

   攝衫／摄衫 [Cantonese]  ―  sip³ saam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  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 [Jyutping]

   to squeeze the letter into the gap between the door and its frame

2. to raise something by putting another thing underneath

• “攝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 摂)

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• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 攝める); かねる (kaneru, 攝る); とる (toru, 攝る)

攝 • (seop, yeop) (hangeul 섭, 엽, revised seop, yeop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, yŏp, Yale sep, yep)

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攝: Hán Nôm readings: nhép, nếp, nhiếp, xếp, nhẹp, nhíp, triếp

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