漬
pickling, soak, moisten, steep
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
20 of 81- 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
Study
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.