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Kanji Detail for 漬 - "pickle, soak, steep"

漬

  • Meaning

    漬 means "pickle, soak, steep."

    1. Pickle - To preserve in brine or vinegar.

    2. Soak - To immerse in liquid.

    3. Steep - To saturate; to imbue thoroughly.

    4. Dye - To color by soaking.

  • Words using 漬

    • 漬ける つける Listen to soak (in); to steep; to dip
    • 漬物 つけもの Listen tsukemono (pickled vegetables)

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    • Verified meaning: pickle, soak, steep
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きよざき)

    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 漬

    Surnames 漬(きよざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pickling; soak; moisten; steep

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soak, steep; dye; stains; sodden

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to soak; to be stained; stain; floodwater

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to soak, to steep; dye, stains; sodden

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

    To soak and let it seep in. As in 蜜漬 (preserved in honey), 鹽漬 (preserved in salt).

  • Onyomi

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    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

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    duke(でゅけ) でゅけ

    tsu.karu(つ-かる) つ-かる

    tsu.keru(つ-ける) つ-ける

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    pickle soak steep dye infect contaminate pickling preserving brine brining curing fermenting marinating saturating imbuing impregnating infusing macerating salting seasoning preserve

Sentences including 漬

  • Your daughter's on drugs.

  • Tom was in a meeting all day.

  • Chop the pickled cabbage finely.

  • Our granny is an expert at pickling foods.

  • He eats, breathes and sleeps computers.

  • I always crammed for my tests overnight when I was a student.

  • Her body was already in the water from the waist down.

  • Her body was already in the water from the waist down.

  • If you want this marriage to work, you need to choose between spending time with me and working all the time.

  • A marron glacé is a sugar coated chestnut, similar to the Japanese sweet natto.

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