shèn

soak through

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

参 sound component

  Sound component

cānshēn

  

take part in

Evolution

渗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
渗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
渗 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
渗 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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shèn

soak through, infiltrate; to seep; to ooze; to horrify

Most common words with 渗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

渗透

to permeate

to seep

渗入

to permeate

渗出

to seep out

渗漏

seepage