浸
immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk
Readings
On'yomi
- シン
Kun'yomi
- ひた.す
- ひた.る
- つ.かる
Meaning
浸 centers on liquid penetrating or covering something: soaking, dipping, or wetting thoroughly. The idea extends naturally to being immersed or steeped in a liquid.
Most common words using 浸
20 of 54- 浸透しんとう
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread; penetration (e.g. into a market); pervasion
- 浸かるつかるN1
to be submerged; to be soaked
- 浸るひたるN1
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged
- 浸水しんすいN1
inundation; submersion; flood
- 浸食しんしょく
erosion; corrosion
- 水浸しみずびたし
submersion; inundation; being flooded
- 浸すひたすN1
to soak; to dip; to steep; to immerse
- お浸しおひたし
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
- 浸潤しんじゅん
infiltration (of a liquid); permeation
- 浸入しんにゅう
infiltration (e.g. of water); flooding
- 入り浸るいりびたる
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to frequent
- 酒浸りさけびたり
liquor-soaked
- 入り浸りいりびたり
frequenting; staying around
- 浸出しんしゅつ
infiltration; permeation; exudation; percolation; effusion; extraction
- 含浸がんしん
impregnation
- 浸し物ひたしもの
boiled greens flavored with soy (flavoured)
- 一過性肺浸潤いっかせいはいしんじゅん
transient pulmonary infiltration
- 低浸襲ていしんしゅう
non-invasive approach
- 低浸透圧ていしんとうあつ
hypoosmolality; hyposmosis
- 再受浸さいじゅしん
rebaptism by immersion
Study
Etymology
浸 combines 氵 (water) with a phonetic component that historically carried the sound シン and the idea of gradual advance or penetration. The modern right side is a simplified form whose exact origin is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 on the left soaks into the right side, like liquid seeping into a porous object. Picture a sponge being dipped into water until it is completely wet.
Reading mnemonic
For シン, imagine a thin layer of water slowly soaking into a cloth: thin -> シン, and the water spreads until everything is moist.