浸 – immersed, soak, dip

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1447 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 浸 means immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひた.す、ひた.る、つ.かる (hitasu, hitaru, tsukaru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	ひた.す	hitasu
Kun’yomi	ひた.る	hitaru
Kun’yomi	つ.かる	tsukaru

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: ヨ・汁・又・冖.

Words using 浸

浸すひたすto soak

Example sentences

鳥は首をひょいと水に浸した。

The bird dipped its head into the 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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