Kanji
N2 11 strokes Grade 5 freq #523

touch, contact, adjoin, piece together

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

direct; immediate
touch; contact
interview (e.g. for a job); job interview
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate
getting closer; drawing nearer
close contest; close match
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks)
point of tangency; point of contact
vaccination; inoculation
indirection; indirectness

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to touch; to come in contact with

Example sentences

I got the information from him directly.

I got the information at first hand.

I come into contact with all kinds of people in my work.

In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.