EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    point of tangency; point of contact

    Mathematics

    あたりまえだが、人と人との接点は「ことば」である。その言葉によって、考えを共有し、議論している。
    It's obvious but the connection between people is "words". It is by those words that thoughts are shared and arguments carried out.
  2. (electrical) contact

  3. point of contact (between); connection; point of agreement; common ground

Also written 切点【せってん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

touch, contact, adjoin, piece together

Kun
つ.ぐ
On
セツショウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
523 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.10The Kanji Dictionary
5004.4Four corner code
1369deroo
63a5Unicode hex code
1-32-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1951Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2213New Nelson (John Haig)
500New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
607Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
368Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
460Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
672Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
725Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
576A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1548Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
417Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12280Morohashi
730A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
486Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
495Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
652sakade
579Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
753henshall3
740Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
399crowley
748Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.1busy_people
905Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
679Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie1Pinyin reading
jeobKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point

Kun
つ.けるつ.くた.てるさ.すとぼ.すとも.すぼち
On
テン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
165 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 2-5-4SKIP code
2m7.2The Kanji Dictionary
2133.6Four corner code
1240deroo
70b9Unicode hex code
1-37-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
804Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3412New Nelson (John Haig)
2084New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2587Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1322Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
169Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
181Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
141A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
229Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18980Morohashi
179A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
169Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
169Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
285sakade
714Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
196henshall3
185Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
175crowley
399Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1275Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
171Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dian3Pinyin reading
jeomKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level