摂 (absorb, act in addition to, surrogate, take in, vicarious) - Kanji Codex

摂

absorb, act in addition to, surrogate, take in, vicarious

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウセツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おさ.めるかね.ると.る

Nanori (名乗り)

せっ

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:1

Frequency:1779

Vocabulary

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
摂心	ショウシン	concentration; period of intensive zazen
摂受	ショウジュ	converting someone (gently) to Buddhism; proselytization

セツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
摂理	セツリ	laws (of nature); (divine) providence
包摂	ホウセツ	inclusion; encompassing; connotation; subsumption
兼摂	ケンセツ	serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
摂動	セツドウ	perturbation
摂動論	セツドウロン	perturbation theory

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
摂り入れる	とりいれる	to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to introduce (e.g. technology); to borrow (e.g. a word); to harvest; to reap; to gather in
摂待	せったい	entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
摂氏	せっし	Celsius; centigrade
摂取	せっしゅ	intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); assimilation; reception and protection
摂る	とる	to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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