Chinese Character Wiki

浸

jìn

soak

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

water

彐 sound component

彐  Sound component

jì

  

snout

冖 unknown component

冖  Unknown component

mì

  

cover

又 unknown component

又  Unknown component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Evolution

浸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
浸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
浸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

浸  

jìn

soak, immerse, dip, percolate; to immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually

Most common words with 浸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沉浸

to soak

浸

to soak

浸泡

to steep

浸润

to permeate

浸透

to soak

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.5262% of movies

2497th most common character in movies

2354th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6D78

Shuowen

“，水。出魏郡武安，東北入呼沱水。从水，聲；，籀文字。”


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