Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

浸: immersed, soak

Also: dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · ⺕, 冖 and 又 are drawn in

10 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 浸透しんとうpermeation (of thought, ideology, culture…
  • 浸水しんすいinundation; submersion; flood
  • 浸食しんしょくerosion; corrosion

ひたすhitasu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 浸すひたすto soak; to dip; to steep

ひたるhitaru · kun'yomi

  • 浸るひたるto be soaked in; to be flooded

つかるtsukaru · kun'yomi

  • 浸かるつかるto be submerged; to be soaked

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Learn it 4 steps
Print sheet Present
成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

All 125
⺕

Also built on ⺕

15 in all
冖

Also built on cover (冖)

All 21
又

Also built on again (又)

All 20

Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
浸 immersed · 氵
vs侵 encroach · 亻
浸 has 氵 where 侵 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jìn

Same form: 浸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
浸 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
浸 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jìn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

One click tells us. No sign-up.