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染

JLPT N1 SL6 9 strokes Frequency: #837

Meanings

Dye, Color, Paint, Stain, Print

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿱氿木

Etymology

Ideographic: Water 氵 and wine 九 mixed in a wooden 木 bowl

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セン sen

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

し shi

そ so

Words Using This Kanji

242 words total

Other (20 words)

contagion

contagious disease

(textile) printing

mordant

special dyeing

priest's black robe

priest's black robe

dyeing black

to become greasy

effect of dyeing

to penetrate

infectious disease

bloodstained

to boil down

to be indelibly stained or ingrained

院内感染いんないかんせん

hospital-acquired infection

環境汚染かんきょうおせん

environmental pollution

届出伝染病とどけいででんせんびょう

notifiable disease

空気伝染くうきでんせん

air-borne infection

感染かんせん

infection

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