The kanji 触 (fure) primarily conveys the meaning of "to touch," "to feel," or "to come into contact with." It implies a physical interaction or the experience of sensing something. It can also extend to the sense of experiencing something emotionally or metaphorically.

・On-yomi (音読み): ショク (shoku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ふ触れる (fureru) - to touch, to come into contact with; さわ触る (sawaru) - to touch

⚫︎手に触れる Translation: To touch with the hand. ⚫︎感動に触れる Translation: To be moved emotionally; to be touched by emotion. ⚫︎電触 Translation: Electric shock

The kanji 触 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound character. The left side is a part of the character 魚 (gyo), meaning "fish". The right side is 蜀(shoku), the name of ancient country. Originally, the character might have been used for describing the action of the fishes in the water or something to do with animals. Over time, the meaning broadened to "touch" and "contact".