接

jiē

receive; continue; catch; connect

How to write 接, stroke by stroke

to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 妾

Made of 扌 + 妾

接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward
接下来jiē xià láito accept; to take; next; following
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
接着jiē zheto catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
接到jiē dàoto receive (letter etc)
接触jiē chùto touch; to contact; access; in touch with
连接lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
接吻jiē wěnto kiss
接手jiē shǒuto take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
迎接yíng jiēto welcome; to greet
接收jiē shōureception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate

我知道他会接受的。
wǒ zhī dào tā huì jiē shòu de 。
I knew he would accept.
接下来你们想去哪里？
jiē xià lái nǐ men xiǎng qù nǎ lǐ ？
Where would you like to go next?
接近十二点了。
jiē jìn shí èr diǎn le 。
It is almost 12 o'clock.
你应该直接拒绝他的要求。
nǐ yīng gāi zhí jiē jù jué tā de yāo qiú 。
You should have refused his request flatly.
我没接触过这个球类游戏。
wǒ méi jiē chù guò zhè ge qiú lèi yóu xì 。
It's a whole new ball game for me.