Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

837 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: dye, color, paint, stain, print

Kunyomi: そ.める そ.まる し.みる し.み

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

色(せんしょく)   staining, stain, dyeing

料(せんりょう)   dyes

色体(せんしょくたい)   chromosome

病(でんせんびょう)   infectious disease, epidemic

色する(せんしょくする)   stain, dye

する(かんせんする)   contract, be infected [v.i.]

する(おせんする)   pollute, contaminate [v.i.]

する(でんせんする)   contract, be infected [v.i.]

める(そめる)   dye, color [v.t.]

まる(そまる)   dye [v.i.]

みる(しみる)   pierce, permeate [v.i.]

み(しみ)   stain, spot

Onyomi Examples

色体 センショクタイ chromosome

センショク dyeing, staining, dyed colour (color)

バイセン color fixing, colour fixing, mordantizing

ボウセン resist dyeing

Kunyomi Examples

める そめる to dye, to colour, to color

まる そまる to be dyed, to be tainted, to be infected, to be stained, to be steeped

みる しみる to pierce, to penetrate, to soak in, to permeate, to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.), to smart, to twinge, to be infected (with vice), to be steeped (with prejudice), to be influenced, to feel keenly, to make a deep impression

しみ stain, spot, smudge, blot, smear, blotch, spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot), blemish, discoloration, freckle

みる しみる to pierce, to penetrate, to soak in, to permeate, to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.), to smart, to twinge, to be infected (with vice), to be steeped (with prejudice), to be influenced, to feel keenly, to make a deep impression