Kanji Detail for 涔 - "soak, pool, flow"

涔

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
涔 means "soak, pool, flow."
1. Soak - To immerse.
2. Pool - Stagnant water.
3. Flow - For tears to fall.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

river in Shaanxi; murky torrent

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

river in Shaanxi; murky torrent

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

overflow; rainwater; tearful

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to overflow; rainwater; a river in Shaanxi province

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

Water accumulated on roads. Describing the smallest water as "the puddle in an ox's hoofprint" (牛蹄之涔), meaning the water collected in the hoofprint left by a passing ox. See Huainanzi. | 涔涔 (Chen-chen). The appearance of much rain. Also used to describe tears falling. As in "old tears flowing copiously" (老淚涔涔).
Onyomi

san(さん)

shin(しん)

zan(ざん)
Kunyomi

hita.su(ひたす)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
soak immerse pool stagnant water flow tears fall