Wiktionary

攝

See also: 摄, 摂, and 撮
攝 U+651D, 攝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-651D
← 攜
[U+651C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攞 →
[U+651E]

Translingual edit

Traditional 攝
Shinjitai 摂
Simplified 摄

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Glyph origin edit

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

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

Etymology 1 edit

trad. 攝
simp. 摄

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 攝
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 鹽 (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 書涉切
Baxter syep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕiap̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɛp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sip3
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
Reading # 2/2
No. 9539
Phonetic
component 		聶
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		攝
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔnjeb/

Definitions edit

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
  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)

Synonyms edit

  • (to take in):
  • (to take a photograph):
  • (to maintain one's health):
  • (to arrest):
  • (to approach):

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad. 攝
simp. 摄

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 攝
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 添 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 奴協切
Baxter nep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nep̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nep̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/nɛp̚/
Li
Rong 		/nep̚/
Wang
Li 		/niep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/niep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		niè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		nip6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 攝
Reading # 1/2
No. 9528
Phonetic
component 		聶
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		苶
Old
Chinese 		/*neːb/
Notes 見漢書

Definitions edit

攝

  1. † Only used in 攝然／摄然.

Etymology 3 edit

trad. 攝
simp. 摄
alternative forms 𤗈
𠓼

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

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

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

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

摂

Kyūjitai

攝

Kanji edit

攝

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

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Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

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

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