The character 接 depicts a hand (扌) reaching to receive a woman (妾, here acting phonetically and notionally), conveying the act of receiving something physically or meeting someone. The character 受 shows two hands (爫 and 又) passing a vessel (冖) between them, representing the idea of handing over and receiving. Combined into the word 接受, these two characters with overlapping meanings of "to receive" reinforce and complement each other to create the unified concept of "to accept", visually blending the ideas of actively taking in and passively receiving.