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Kanji Detail for 淹 - "soak, stay, broad, brew"

淹

  • Meaning

    淹 means "soak, stay, broad, brew."

    1. Soak - To immerse in water.

    2. Stay - To remain; to linger.

    3. Broad - Wide; profound.

    4. Brew - To make tea or coffee by pouring hot water (Japanese usage).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dip; soak; immerse; stop; linger

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    drown; cover with liquid, steep

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to drown, to immerse, to steep

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

    To soak. Soaking in water for a long time is called 淹. | To remain for a long time. As in 淹留 (to linger), 淹滯 (to be delayed). | Deep. As in scholarship being 淹通 (thoroughly versed), 淹雅 (profoundly elegant). | To submerge.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    i.reru(い-れる) い-れる

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    soak immerse water stay remain linger broad wide profound brew make tea coffee pouring hot

Sentences including 淹

  • I'll make some coffee.

  • I'll make some coffee.

  • Can you make me a cup of tea?

  • To brew coffee also requires practice.

  • He poured me some mysterious tea.

  • It requires training to make one cup of coffee.

  • While you are about it, please make some coffee for me.

  • I love the aroma of freshly brewed coffee.

  • Did you know he is good at making coffee?

  • Let's go to the kitchen. I’ll make us some coffee.

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