contact / connect
N2- Onyomi
- セツ
- Kunyomi
- つ(ぐ)
- Stroke count
- 11
- JLPT
- N2
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 接 down and you get 扌 (hand) — a hand reaching in from the left. Picture two cupped hands together, offering something held between them, put 接 inside it, and let that scene stand for "contact" — contact / connect. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 11
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は11画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 11 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
面接
mensetsu
interview
接続
setsuzoku
connection
応接
ousetsu
reception
接待
settai
business entertainment
接触
sesshoku
contact
接種
sesshu
vaccination
Example sentences (6)
金曜日に二次面接があります。
きんようび に にじ めんせつ が あります。
kin'youbi ni niji mensetsu ga arimasu.
I have a second interview on Friday.
面接の前に、会社について調べておきました。
めんせつ の まえ に、かいしゃ について しらべて おきました。
mensetsu no mae ni, kaisha nitsuite shirabete okimashita.
Before the interview, I looked into the company in advance.
Wi-Fiに接続できません。
Wi-Fi に せつぞく できません。
Wi-Fi ni setsuzoku dekimasen.
I cannot connect to the Wi-Fi.
ホテルのWi-Fiは接続が不安定なようです。
ほてる の Wi-Fi は せつぞく が ふあんてい な よう です。
hoteru no Wi-Fi wa setsuzoku ga fuantei na you desu.
The hotel Wi-Fi connection seems unstable.
一次試験を通過した人だけが、面接に進めます。
いちじ しけん を つうか した ひと だけ が、めんせつ に すすめます。
ichiji shiken o tsuuka shita hito dake ga, mensetsu ni susumemasu.
Only those who pass the first-round exam can move on to the interview.
面接では第一印象が大切です。
めんせつ で は だいいち いんしょう が たいせつ です。
mensetsu de wa daiichi inshou ga taisetsu desu.
First impressions matter in interviews.