| Kanji | 染 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | セン | 
| Kunyomi | そ.める、-ぞ.め、-ぞめ、そ.まる、し.みる、-じ.みる、し.み、-し.める | 
| Nanori | そめ | 
| English | dye, color, paint, stain, print | 
| Examples | 汚染(おせん): pollution; contamination 感染(かんせん): infection; contagion 染める(そめる): to dye; to colour; to color 伝染(でんせん): contagion; infection 染まる(そまる): (1) to be dyed (2) to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped 染みる(しみる): (1) to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate (2) to (enter a wound or sensitive area and) sting (3) to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice) 染みる(じみる): to have a touch of; to look like | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | 6 | 
| Frequency | 837 | 
| Components | 水: water 九: nine 木: tree; wood | 
| Number of Strokes | 9 | 
| Kanji Radical | 木 | 
| Radical Number | 75 | 
| Radical Strokes | 4 | 
| Radical Reading | き・きへん | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic | 
| Keyword | dye | 
| Koohii Story 1 | To make this dye, I used water and the barks of nine different trees. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | The baseball team hangs their freshly dyed dripping jerseys at the top of a tree to dry. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 548 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq751-1000
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