染

dye, color, paint, stain, print

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

し.みし.みるそ.まるそ.める

Nanori (名乗り)

そめ

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

Frequency:837

Vocabulary

セン

Word	Reading	Meaning
汚染	オセン	pollution; contamination
感染	カンセン	infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
染色	センショク	dyeing; staining (a sample); dyed colour (color)
伝染	デンセン	contagion; infection
伝染病	デンセンビョウ	contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
感染す	うつす	to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to swap; to substitute; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to spend (time); to let (time) pass; to infect; to permeate something (with a color, smell, etc.)
染まる	そまる	to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped
染み	しみ	stain; spot; smudge; blot; smear; blotch; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration; freckle
染み	シミ	stain; spot; smudge; blot; smear; blotch; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration; freckle
染みる	しみる	to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to twinge; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to be influenced; to feel keenly; to make a deep impression

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

faction, group, party, clique, sect, school

deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

rice, USA, metre

come, due, next, cause, become

flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor

mountain stream, valley

seacoast, beach, seashore

plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry