浸

音読おんよみ: シン

訓読くんよみ: ひたす・
ひたる・つかる

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: さんずい（氵）

Meaning

Soak / Immerse / Dip

Conjugation
Tap for 浸す (soak) Tap for 浸る (be immersed)
  • 浸ひたす — to soak / immerse
  • 浸ひたる — to be soaked / to indulge in
  • 浸水しんすい — flooding / water damage
  • 浸食しんしょく — erosion
  • 浸透しんとう — permeation / infiltration
  • 浸漬しんせき — immersion / soaking

This character combines the water radical 氵 with the phonetic component 侵 (invade). Together they suggest the image of water seeping or invading into something, hence the meanings “soak” and “immerse.” In extended use, it also conveys gradual penetration, whether physical (like water damage) or metaphorical (like influence or ideas).

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