Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

漬: pickling, soak

Also: moisten, steep

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 責 gives the sound

14 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

つけるtsukeru · kun'yomi · on its own

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

つかるtsukaru · kun'yomi

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

-づけ-zuke · kun'yomi

  • 塩漬けしおづけpickling in salt; food preserved in salt
  • 茶漬けちゃづけchazuke

Also read シ, -づけ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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)

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責

Also built on blame (責)

The 責 family reads セキ (seki); 漬 is read シ.

Also read シ

63 kanji share this on'yomiAll 63

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
漬 pickling · 氵
vs債 bond · 亻
漬 has 氵 where 債 has 亻.
In ChineseSimplified 渍 · traditional, as in Japanese · zì

Japan keeps the traditional form 漬; mainland China simplifies it to 渍.

Simplified
渍 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
漬 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zì 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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