摄
shè HSK5

take in

摄 (攝) shè
capture verb
to capture video or still images; to photograph

他在现场摄得一张极其珍贵的鸟类照片。

tā zài xiàn​chǎng shè dé yī zhāng jí​qí zhēn​guì de niǎo​lèi zhào​piàn.

He took an extremely precious photo of a bird at the scene.

absorb noun
to take in, absorb, or assimilate nutrients or other substances

这种植物主要通过叶片摄取养分。

zhè zhǒng zhí​wù zhǔ​yào tōng​guò yè​piàn shè qǔ yǎng​fèn.

This plant primarily absorbs nutrients through its leaves.

be situated verb
to be situated or located between, often in a precarious or constrained position (literary usage).

千乘之国，摄乎大国之间。

qiān shèng zhī guó, shè hū dà guó zhī​jiān.

A state of a thousand chariots, hemmed in between big states.

act for verb
to act in place of or manage on behalf of (literary)

在老臣的辅佐下，他开始摄政。

zài lǎo​chén de fǔ​zuǒ xià, tā kāi​shǐ shè​zhèng.

With the assistance of senior officials, he began his regency.

conserve health verb
to conserve or maintain one's health (literary)

他在山中隐居，精于摄生之道。

tā zài shān​zhōng yǐn​jū, jīng​yú shè​shēng zhī dào.

He lives in seclusion in the mountains and is skilled in the art of health preservation.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,403rd most common 81.7 per million
Movie subtitles
962nd most common 112.3 per million appears in 28% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.76 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
73.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
攝
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+6444

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)