接受 (jiē shòu)
to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
Character breakdown
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接 (jiē) · 11 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 妾 represents the sound.
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受 (shòu) · 8 strokes
Depicts a boat (舟) being passed from one hand (爫) to another hand (又). 舟 also served as phonetic, but it was later abbreviated.