漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
淫: lewdness, licentiousness
N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- ⺤(form)
- 壬(form)
氵 carries the meaning · ⺤ and 壬 are drawn in
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
インin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 淫いんlicentiousness
- 淫行いんこうobscenity; harlotry
みだらmidara · kun'yomi · on its own
- 淫らみだらobscene; indecent; lewd
Also read ひたす, ほしいまま, みだれる, みだり, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺤
Also built on ⺤
壬
Also built on 壬
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yín
Same form: 淫 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 淫 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 淫 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yín most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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