The kanji 染: meaning, readings and stroke order
染
- Meaning
- dye, soak in
- On reading
- セン sen
- Kun reading
- そ(める) someru、そ(まる) somaru、し(みる) shimiru、し(み) shimi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nhuộm, thấm (nhiễm)
- Japanese
- そめる。しみる。
- Korean
- 물들이다, 스며들다 (염)
- Chinese
- 染、渗
Readings, words and example sentences
セン sen · on reading · less common
染料
dye
草から 染料を 作ります。
They make dye from plants.
そ(める) someru · kun reading
染める
to dye, to color
白い 布を 青く 染めます。
I dye the white cloth blue.
そ(まる) somaru · kun reading · less common
染まる
to be colored, to turn (a color)
空が 夕日で 赤く 染まりました。
The sky turned red in the evening sun.
し(みる) shimiru · kun reading · less common
染みる
to soak in, to soak through
雨が 服に 染みます。
The rain soaks into my clothes.
し(み) shimi · kun reading · less common
染み
stain
服に 染みが つきました。
My clothes got a stain on them.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.