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Kanji Detail for 染 - "to dye"

染

  • Meaning

    染 means "to dye." Also associated with to infect, to influence.

    1. Dye - To color; to stain.

    2. Infect - To spread disease; to contaminate.

    3. Influence - To affect; to permeate.

  • Words using 染

    • 感染 かんせん Listen infection; contagion; becoming infected
    • 汚染 おせん Listen pollution; contamination
    • 感染症 かんせんしょう Listen infectious disease; infection
    • 伝染病 でんせんびょう Listen contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease
    • 染色体 せんしょくたい Listen chromosome
    • 染色 せんしょく Listen dyeing; staining (a sample); dyed colour (color)
    • 染め そめ Listen dyeing; printing
    • 染める そめる Listen to dye; to colour; to color

  • Tattoo check: 染

    • Verified meaning: to dye
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そめ, そめざき, りよう)
    • Also carries these associations: to infect, to influence

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 染

    Surnames 染(そめ)Listen 染(そめざき)Listen 染(りよう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dye; color; paint; stain; print

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dye; be contagious; infect

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To dye with colors. Soaking cloth in water mixed with color is called 染. Adding color to paintings is called 渲染. | Anything gradually permeated is called 染. Such as 沾染 (to be tainted), 習染 (to acquire habits). | Disease spreading to others is called 傳染 (contagion).

  • Onyomi

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    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

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    shi.miru(し-みる) し-みる

    shimi(し-み) し-み

    so.maru(そ-まる) そ-まる

    so.meru(そ-める) そ-める

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    dye infect influence imbue spread disease color stain contaminate hue permeate pigment shade tint soak seep

Sentences including 染

  • This river is not polluted.

  • This stain won't come out.

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