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The kanji 湿: meaning, readings and stroke order
湿
- Meaning
- damp, humid
- On reading
- シツ shitsu
- Kun reading
- しめ（る） shimeru、しめ（す） shimesu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 濕
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ẩm, ướt (thấp)
- Japanese
- しめる。しめりけ。
- Korean
- 축축하다, 습하다 (습)
- Chinese
- 潮湿、湿
Readings, words and example sentences
シツ shitsu · on reading
湿度
humidity
夏は 湿度が 高いです。
The humidity is high in summer.
しめ（る） shimeru · kun reading
湿る
to get damp
雨で 空気が 湿って います。
The air is damp because of the rain.
しめ（す） shimesu · kun reading · less common
湿す
to dampen, to wet a little
タオルを 少し 湿します。
I dampen the towel a little.
Practise writing 湿 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 湿 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 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.