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浸

immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

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

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  • 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

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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.