Hanja Analyzer
染

染 — yeom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물들 염
Romanization
yeom
English
dye; be contagious; infect
Mandarin
rǎn
Japanese on'yomi
セン, ネン, ゼン
Japanese kun'yomi
そ.める そ.まる し.みる し.み
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#837 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
木 (75, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+67D3

How 染 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 染 as a ideographic compound involving 水, 九, 木.

Korean example words with 染

  • 염료染料 Korean gloss: 옷감 따위에 빛깔을 들이는 물질
  • 제염除染 Korean gloss: 오염 원인이나 오염된 물질을 없앰
  • 구염舊染 Korean gloss: 오래전부터 물들어 있는 좋지 못한 풍속
  • 이염移染 Korean gloss: 옷이나 신발 따위에 염색되어 있던 물감이 다른 부분으로 번지거나 다른 물건으로 배어듦
  • 염병染病 Korean gloss: 전염성을 가진 병들을 통틀어 이르는 말. 곧 세균, 바이러스, 리케차, 스피로헤타, 진균, 원충 따위의 병원체가 다른 생물체에
  • 점염하다點染 Korean gloss: 조금씩 물들다
  • 염색되다染色 Korean gloss: 실이나 천 따위가 염료로 물들다
  • 염오하다染汚 Korean gloss: 더러운 것이 옮다. 또는 더러워지다
  • 점염하다漸染 Korean gloss: 차차 번져서 물들다. 또는 점점 전염되다
  • 오염수汚染水 Korean gloss: 오염된 물
  • 오염토汚染土 Korean gloss: 오염된 흙
  • 염색물染色物 Korean gloss: 물을 들인 물건

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 染

  • 汚染おせん pollution; contamination
  • 感染かんせん infection; contagion; becoming infected
  • 感染症かんせんしょう infectious disease; infection
  • 伝染病でんせんびょう contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease
  • 染色体せんしょくたい chromosome
  • 染色せんしょく dyeing; staining (a sample); dyed colour (color)
  • 染めそめ dyeing; printing
  • 染料せんりょう dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
  • 染めるそめる to dye; to colour; to color
  • 染織せんしょく dyeing and weaving
  • 伝染でんせん contagion; infection
  • 染まるそまる to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected

Other hanja read “염”

Other hanja with radical 木

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