9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

be imminent, draw close

Kun'yomi
  • せま
On'yomi
  • サツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

サツ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

be imminent, draw close
サツ せま.る (11th)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)

Common Words

greeting ②speech (congratulatory or appreciative) ③a fine thing to say ④dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) ⑤relationship (between people)
greeting ②a fine thing to say
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
without compliments (greetings)
dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)
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References

Unicode hex code 62F6
JIS X 0208 1-27-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1888
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2134
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 451
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 336
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2261
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 713
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12004
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1102
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c6.13
Four corner code 5202.7
De Roo Code 1360