Adjoin

On’yomi: せつ
Kun’yomi: つ
Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

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).

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)N1

接するせっする to come in contact with,to connect,to attend,to receiveN2

接近せっきん getting closer,drawing nearer,approachingN2

接 is rank 440 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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