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Kanji Detail for 染 - "to dye, to infect, to influence"

染

  • Meaning

    染 means "to dye, to infect, to influence."

    1. Dye - To color; to stain.

    2. Infect - To spread disease; to contaminate.

    3. Influence - To affect; to permeate.

  • 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).
  • Onyomitip

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomitip

    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

  • Strokestip

    9 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    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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