触 means “touch, feel”

さわる · sawaru

Also: contact, hit

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ふれる, さわる, さわ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ショク

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

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A horn (角) and an insect (虫): picture a beetle feeling its way with its antennae, which Japanese calls 触角. 触る is to touch, as in 触らないでください, please don't touch, and 触れる is to brush against or touch on a topic.

Used in 触る (sawaru, to touch), 触れる (fureru, to touch lightly/mention), and 接触 (sesshoku, contact)

触 means “touch, feel”

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