攝
shèniè

take in

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Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 聶 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

聶
聶 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyepkə.n̥ep catch, gather up

說文解字

《說文》：“攝，引持也。从手，聶聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)