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染 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
そ(める)・そ(まる)・し(みる)so(meru) · so(maru) · shi(miru)
Meaning
to dye; stain; be infected

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 木 "tree" and 九 "again and again"; dipping cloth repeatedly in plant dye — "to dye."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen染色せんしょく染料せんりょう汚染おせん
Kunそめるsomeru染めるそめる染め物そめもの
Kunそまるsomaru染まるそまる
Kunしみるshimiru染みるしみる油染みるあぶらじみる
Kunしみshimi染みしみ染み抜きしみぬき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 染料せんりょう

    dyestuff

  • 伝染でんせん

    contagion

More words with this kanji

  • 汚染おせん
  • 藍染めあいぞめ
  • 馴染みなじみ
  • 纐纈染こうけちぞめ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

白(しろ)い布(ぬの)を青(あお)く染(そ)めた。

I dyed the white cloth blue.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

伝染染料染伝to tra…料fee机desk枚counte…株stump棒stick模model宣to pro…専specia…洗to was…泉spring銭coin
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading センAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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