Kiokun Logo
滲
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
渗
🇨🇳

seep

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
shèn
シン
し.みる、にじ.む
참, 삼
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 參 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (滲)
氵 water (drops)+ 參 participate =
滲 seep
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
參 Phonetic component
participate
View phonetic series →
Simplified (渗)
氵 water (drops)+ 参 take =
渗 soak through
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
参 Phonetic component
shēn take
variant of 參|参[shēn]
View phonetic series →
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)
渗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
渗 / 滲 [shèn]
to seep; to ooze; to horrify
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (20)
渗透 [shèn​tòu] #9,891
(lit. and fig.) to permeate
渗入 [shèn​rù] #14,424
to permeate
渗出 [shèn​chū] #24,572
to seep out
渗漏 [shèn​lòu] #24,594
seepage
渗水 [shèn​shuǐ] #49,208
water seepage
渗透压 [shèn​tòu​yā] #34,493
osmotic pressure
渗流 [shèn​liú] #35,365
to seep
渗出物 [shèn​chū​wù] #40,643
exudate
渗析 [shèn​xī] #67,108
dialysis
渗沟 [shèn​gōu] #67,896
sewer
10 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 滲む [にじむ] #3,843
to run (of liquid)
⭐ 浸透 [しんとう] #8,010
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.)
染み込む [しみこむ] #11,257
to soak into
⭐ 染みる [しみる] #11,771
to pierce
にじみ出る [にじみでる] #13,137
to exude (e.g. sweat)
染み渡る [しみわたる] #19,726
to penetrate
染み出す [しみだす] #26,322
to ooze (out)
しみ出る [しみでる] #40,882
to ooze
骨身にしみる [ほねみにしみる] #54,629
to feel keenly
浸出 [しんしゅつ] #119,168
infiltration
7 more items