濕

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湿

🇨🇳

wet

HSK 10

Nature →Elements →Water

shī

シツ、シュウ

しめ.る、しめ.す、うるお.う、うるお.す

습

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 㬎 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (濕)

氵 water (drops)+ 㬎 visible =

濕 wet

氵 Meaning component

shui water (drops)

water

㬎 Phonetic component

xiǎn visible

(an ancient form of 顯) motes in a sunbeam, bright, fibrous, to manifest

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Simplified (湿)

氵 water (drops)+ 显 manifest =

湿 wet

氵 Meaning component

shui water (drops)

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

显 Phonetic component

xiǎn manifest

manifest, display

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

湿

Regular

Modern

Chinese

湿 / 濕 [shī]

moist; wet

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (50)

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KOREAN WORDS (6)