The word 接触 is formed through the logical, conceptual pairing of two individual characters, each contributing a core meaning to create a unified idea. The first character, 接, carries the sense of to connect, to receive, or to meet. The second, 触, means to touch or to contact. When combined, they do not merely list two actions but conceptually merge into a single, more nuanced notion: the act of making connection through touch or, more abstractly, the state of coming into direct interaction or communication with something or someone. It is a compound where the second character often specifies or intensifies the action implied by the first, resulting in the comprehensive idea of "to be in contact".