接 means touch
contact, adjoin, piece together
A hand reaches a woman: touch.
On'yomi
- セツsetsu
- ショウshou
Kun'yomi
- つ(ぐ)tsugu
How it's built
- 扌hand
- 妾
Common words
- 面接めんせつinterview (e.g. for a job)
- 間接かんせつindirection; indirectness
- 接待せったいentertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks)
- 直接ちょくせつdirect; immediate