接

jiē

to receive

to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb

hand (扌) + phonetic (妾) = receive, connect, catch

The hand radical carries all the meaning here — reaching out, catching, linking, receiving. 妾 mainly contributes the jiē sound.

扌+妾→接
妾Concubine (historical term for a secondary wife)Phonetic
扌HandSemantic

妈妈去学校接孩子回家。

māma qù xuéxiào jiē háizi huí jiā。

Mom went to school to pick up the child and bring them home.

他正在开会,没有接电话。

tā zhèngzài kāi huì,méiyǒu jiē diànhuà。

He was in a meeting and did not answer the phone.

Words with 接

接吻

jiē wěn

to kiss

接班

jiē bān

to take over (from those working the previous shift)

接盘

jiē pán

(of an entrepreneur) to buy up a struggling business

应接不暇

yìng jiē bù xiá

more than one can attend to (idiom)

紧接着

jǐn jiē zhe

immediately afterwards

连接

lián jiē

to link; to join; to connect

连接框

lián jiē kuàng

connection frame

连接至

lián jiē zhì

to connect to

连接号

lián jiē hào

hyphen

连接词

lián jiē cí

conjunction

连接酶

lián jiē méi

ligase

连接器

lián jiē qì

connector

More characters with 扌

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