浸
soak; immersed; dip; steep; moisten; wet; dunk
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1447.
Readings
- シン (on reading): 浸透 (しんとう) permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); 浸水 (しんすい) inundation
- ひたる (kun reading): 浸る (ひたる) to be soaked in; 入り浸る (いりびたる) to stay long
- ひたす (kun reading): 浸す (ひたす) to soak; 水浸し (みずびたし) submersion
- つかる (kun reading): 浸かる (つかる) to be submerged; 液体に浸ける (えきたいにつける) to dunk (e.g. food in a drink)
Components
- 氵
- ⺕
- 冖
- 又
- 冖 radical cover
- 又 radical again; right hand
- ヨ radical snout, katakana yo
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
Words using 浸
- 浸透 (しんとう) permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.)
- 浸水 (しんすい) inundation
- 浸食 (しんしょく) erosion
- 浸潤 (しんじゅん) infiltration (of a liquid)
- 浸透圧 (しんとうあつ) osmotic pressure
- 浸る (ひたる) to be soaked in
- 入り浸る (いりびたる) to stay long
- 幸福に浸る (こうふくにひたる) to be blissful
- 悦に浸る (えつにひたる) to be pleased
- 浸す (ひたす) to soak
- 水浸し (みずびたし) submersion
- 煮浸し (にびたし) type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth
- 酒浸り (さけびたり) liquor-soaked
- 入り浸り (いりびたり) frequenting (e.g. a bar)
- 浸かる (つかる) to be submerged
- 液体に浸ける (えきたいにつける) to dunk (e.g. food in a drink)
55 words in all.