to join; to connect; to continue; to take over; to receive; to accept; to come close; to touch
接 is a hand joining things together: 连接 'to connect', 接受 'to accept'. It also means continuing — 接着 'to carry on'.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 形声，从扌、妾声 — the hand side plus the sound piece 妾 (qiè).
WHOLE CHARACTER
to join; to connect; to continue; to take over; to receive; to accept; to come close; to touch
接 is a hand joining things together: 连接 'to connect', 接受 'to accept'. It also means continuing — 接着 'to carry on'.
ZDIC: 形声，从扌、妾声 — the hand side plus the sound piece 妾 (qiè).
MEANING: THE HAND RADICAL — JOINING AND RECEIVING ARE HAND ACTIONS
hand (from 手)
The left-side hand form; not a standalone page.
In 接: meaning: the hand radical — joining and receiving are hand actions Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
SOUND: 妾 (QIÈ)
a concubine (old); a humble self-reference (literary)
An archaic graph (qiè); when a character keeps it as a piece, the sound role is stated on that character's page.
In 接: sound: 妾 (qiè) A historical sound side: jiē shares only the final -ie with qiè; the initial and tone differ.
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