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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

Stroke order of 染, 9 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

そ(める) someru · kun reading

そ(まる) somaru · kun reading · less common

し(みる) shimiru · kun reading · less common

し(み) shimi · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 染 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 染 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.