湿 – damp, wet, moist

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1517 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 湿 means damp, wet, moist. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シツ、シュウ (shitsu, shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しめ.る、しめ.す、うるお.う、うるお.す (shimeru, shimesu, uruou, uruosu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シツ	shitsu
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	しめ.る	shimeru
Kun’yomi	しめ.す	shimesu
Kun’yomi	うるお.う	uruou
Kun’yomi	うるお.す	uruosu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: ｜・汁・日.

Words using 湿

湿気しっけmoisture湿度しつどhumidity湿るしめるto become damp湿気しっきmoisture湿気るしけるto get damp

Example sentences

夏はとても湿気が多いんです。

In the summer, it's very humid.

Tatoeba #187210

ニューヨークの天候は、夏は暑く湿度も高い。

New York weather is hot and humid in the summer.

Tatoeba #198719

洗濯物はまだ湿っている。

The washing is still damp.

Tatoeba #141206

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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