# 接 — Adjoin

Frequency rank 440 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 習 (Learn), less common than 宮 (Shinto Shrine).

- On’yomi: せつ
- Kun’yomi: つ
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Fingers on the left, a stand in the middle, and a woman on the right — fingers reach out to a woman standing nearby, adjoining their personal spaces as hands nearly touch.

In words:

- 接ぐ つぐ — to join;to piece together;to set (bones);to graft (trees)
- 接する せっする — to come in contact with,to connect,to attend,to receive
- 接近 せっきん — getting closer,drawing nearer,approaching

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