Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1818 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: pickling, soak, moisten, steep

Kunyomi: つ.ける つ.かる -づ.け -づけ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シンシ dipping, soaking, immersing

Kunyomi Examples

ける つける to soak (in), to steep, to dip, to dunk, to pickle, to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

浸かる つかる to be submerged, to be soaked, to be pickled, to be well seasoned, to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)