接
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to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 手 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 接
- Common rank
- #330
- Unicode
- U+63A5
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
welcome · Heisig RSH #604
fingers + vase + 女 woman
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 接
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上气不接下气 | (idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air | |
| 空中接力 | alley-oop (basketball) | |
| 人力接龙 | bucket brigade; human chain | |
| 接地气 | in touch with the common people; down-to-earth | |
| 无线电接收机 | receiver (radio) | |
| 接线生 | switchboard operator; telephone operator | |
| 成语接龙 | game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next | |
| 接人 | to meet a person | |
| 接头 | connector; joint; coupling; (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with; to have knowledge of… | |
| 接生 | to deliver (a newborn child) | |
| 青黄不接 | lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the g… | |
| 地接 | local guide; tour escort | |
| 接地 | earth (electric connection); to earth | |
| 接下来 | to accept; to take; next; following | |
| 接机 | to meet (or pick up) sb arriving by plane; (of airport staff) to deal with the arrival of … | |
| 接上 | to connect (a cable etc); to hook up (a device); to resume (a conversation); to set (a bon… | |
| 网管接口 | network management interface | |
| 接手 | to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc) | |
| 接发 | hair extensions | |
| 接力 | relay |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 妾 — compare how they read.