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摂 — Vicarious

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#1779 most used
vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to, take in, absorb
On’yomiセツ (setsu)
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomiおさめる (osameru)
Kun’yomiかね (kaneru)
Kun’yomi (toru)

Stroke order (13 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 摂

WordReadingMeaning
摂取せっしゅ
sesshu
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge)
摂氏せっし
sesshi
Celsius; centigrade
摂るとる
toru
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
摂理せつり
setsuri
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
包摂ほうせつ
housetsu
inclusion; encompassing; connotation

Study notes

摂 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1779 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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