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浹
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浃
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drench

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
jiā
ショウ
あまねし
협
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夾 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (浹)
氵 water (drops)+ 夾 press from both sides =
浹 drench
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
夾 Phonetic component
press from both sides
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Simplified (浃)
氵 water (drops)+ 夹 be wedged or =
浃 saturate
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
夹 Phonetic component
jiá be wedged or
variant of 夾|夹[jiá]
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
浃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
浃 / 浹 [jiā]
soaked; to wet; to drench; Taiwan pr. [jiá]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
浹 とおる
Tooru given name
CHINESE WORDS (3)
汗流浃背 [hàn​liú​jiā​bèi] #24,503
to sweat profusely (idiom)
沦肌浃髓 [lún​jī​jiā​suǐ] #73,494
lit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected
沦浃 [lún​jiā]
to be deeply affected