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漬

pickling, soak, moisten, steep

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes14

Readings

On'yomi

  • シ

Kun'yomi

  • つ.ける
  • つ.かる
  • -づ.け
  • -づけ

Meaning

漬 centers on submerging something in liquid to transform it: soaking, steeping, or pickling. The idea of moistening is a lighter application of the same immersion concept.

Most common words using 漬

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  • 漬けるつける
    N4

    to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk

  • 漬物つけもの
    N1

    tsukemono (pickled vegetables)

  • 塩漬けしおづけ

    pickling in salt; food preserved in salt

  • お茶漬けおちゃづけ

    ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it

  • 漬けづけ

    pickled (something)

  • 茶漬けちゃづけ

    chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

  • 酢漬けすづけ

    pickling in vinegar; vinegar pickles

  • 一夜漬けいちやづけ

    last-minute cramming; overnight cramming

  • 漬け込むつけこむ

    to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount

  • ぬか漬けぬかづけ

    pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)

  • 福神漬ふくじんづけ

    sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce

  • 浅漬けあさづけ

    lightly pickled vegetables

  • あちゃら漬けアチャラづけ

    chopped pickled vegetables with sweet vinegar and chili pepper

  • いぶり漬けいぶりづけ

    smoked daikon pickles (famous product of Akita Prefecture)

  • からし漬けからしづけ

    vegetables pickled in mustard

  • しば漬けしばづけ

    Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves

  • たくあん漬けたくあんづけ

    pickled daikon (radish)

  • どっぷりと漬かるどっぷりとつかる

    to be deeply submerged

  • どぶ漬けどぶづけ

    vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid

  • どぼ漬けどぼづけ

    vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid

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Etymology

漬 combines 氵 (water) with 責, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of responsibility or accumulation, suggesting water that soaks or steeps something over time.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 is responsible (責) for transforming vegetables into pickles. Picture a jar where water and time do the work of soaking and pickling.

Reading mnemonic

For シ, imagine a sheet of seaweed soaking in a pickling brine: sheet -> シ, and the seaweed becomes moist and steeped.