11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 5th grade
JLPT exam level N2

touch, contact, adjoin, piece together

Kun'yomi
  • to join ②to graft (onto a tree)
On'yomi
  • セツ
  • ショウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

セツ 99.8%
0.2%

Character Breakdown

touch, contact, adjoin
セツ つ.ぐ ショウ (5th, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
concubine
そばめ ショウ めかけ (Kentei Pre-1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)

Common Words

getting closer ②being not much different ③becoming close (i.e. friendly)
connection ②changing trains ③conjunction
to touch ②to receive (e.g. visitor) ③to make touch
interview (e.g. for a job)
serving customers
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References

Unicode hex code 63A5
JIS X 0208 1-32-60
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1951
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2213
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 500
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Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 495
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Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 753
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Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 399
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AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.1
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Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 679
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c8.10
Four corner code 5004.4
De Roo Code 1369