Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

523 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: touch, contact, adjoin, piece together

Kunyomi: つ.ぐ

Onyomi: セツ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

点(せってん)   point of contact

(ちょくせつ)   direct

予防種(よぼうせっしゅ)   vaccination

的な(かんせつてきな)   indirect

する(せっする)   come in contact with, attend

続する(せつぞくする)   connect

近する(せっきんする)   approach

する(めんせつする)   interview

ぐ(つぐ)   join [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

セツゾク connection, attachment, union, join, joint, link, changing trains, conjunction

切断 セツダン cutting, severance, section, amputation, disconnection

ヨウセツ weld, welding

オウセツ reception (e.g. of visitors), dealing with

セッシン concentration, period of intensive zazen

Kunyomi Examples

つぐ to join, to piece together, to set (bones), to graft (onto a tree)