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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: 氵 九 木

染

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: き

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

⽊

Examples

Examples with audio

染色(せんしょく)   staining, stain, dyeing

染料(せんりょう)   dyes

染色体(せんしょくたい)   chromosome

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

染色する(せんしょくする)   stain, dye

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

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

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

染める(そめる)   dye, color [v.t.]

染まる(そまる)   dye [v.i.]

染みる(しみる)   pierce, permeate [v.i.]

染み(しみ)   stain, spot

Onyomi Examples

染色体 (センショクタイ) chromosome

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

媒染 (バイセン) color fixing, colour fixing, mordantizing

鉄媒染 (テツバイセン) iron mordanting

Kunyomi Examples

染める (そめる) to dye, to colour, to color

染まる (そまる) to be dyed, to be tainted, to be infected, to be stained, to be steeped

染みる (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

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

染みる (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

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