漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
湿: damp, wet
Also: moist
JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 日sun(form)
- 业(form)
氵 carries the meaning · 日 and 业 are drawn in
12 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
シツshitsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 湿度しつどlevel of humidity
- 湿地しっちswamp
- 湿気しっけmoisture, humidity, dampness
- 湿布しっぷwet compress, poultice
- 加湿器かしつきhumidifier
しめるshimeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 湿るしめるbe wet, be damp, moisten [v.i.]
しめすshimesu · kun'yomi
- 湿すしめすwet, moisten, dampen [v.t.]
Also read シュウ, うるおう, うるおす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 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
业
Also built on 业
Also read シツ
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side湿 damp · 氵 + 业
vs普 universal · 並In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 濕 · shī
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 湿. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 濕.
- Simplified
- 湿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 濕 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shī 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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