濡 – get wet, damp, make love

17 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2260 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 濡 means get wet, damp, make love. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュ、ニュ (ju, nyu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぬれ.る、ぬら.す、ぬ.れる、ぬ.らす、うるお.い、うるお.う、うるお.す (nureru, nurasu, nureru, nurasu, uruoi, uruou, uruosu). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュ	ju
On’yomi	ニュ	nyu
Kun’yomi	ぬれ.る	nureru
Kun’yomi	ぬら.す	nurasu
Kun’yomi	ぬ.れる	nureru
Kun’yomi	ぬ.らす	nurasu
Kun’yomi	うるお.い	uruoi
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: 雨・而・汁.

Words using 濡

濡れるぬれるto get wet濡らすぬらすto wet

Example sentences

彼はタオルを水で濡らした。

He wetted his towel with water.

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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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