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攝

shè

take in

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 聶 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

聶 sound component

聶  Sound component

niè

  

whisper

Evolution

攝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攝 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
攝 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
攝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
攝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

摄 (攝) 

shè

take in, absorb; act as deputy; administer, assist; to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to act for; to take a photo; photo shoot; photo; to conserve (one's health)

Most common words with 攝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

拍摄

to film

摄

to take in

摄影

photography

摄影师

photographer

摄像机

video camera

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kə.n̥ep

syep

shè

catch, gather up


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 27.5509% of movies

962nd most common character in movies

1403rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Simplified

摄

Unicode

U+651D

Shuowen

“攝，引持也。从手，聶聲。”


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