染 — dye, color, paint

そめる染 dye

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+67D3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #837 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #548 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

dye
color
paint
stain
print

word

そ so Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

染(そ) める someru to dye 染(そ) まる somaru to be dyed

せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

感(かん) 染(せん) kansen infection 染(せん) 色(しょく) senshoku dyeing 汚(お) 染(せん) osen pollution

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

きゅう九 nine

き木 tree #75

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree