渗
to seep; to ooze; to horrify
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,434 U+6E17
How 渗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 参 (phonetic, cān)
How to remember it
seep · Heisig RSH #2705
水 water + brawl
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 参
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 参 (cān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参 sound component | cān | to take part in, to intervene; ginseng |
| 惨 | cǎn | miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman |
| 掺 | chān | to mix, to blend, to adulterate |
| 碜 | chěn | gritty |
| 糁 | sǎn | to mix; a grain of rice |
| 毵 | sān | long feathers; scraggy |
| 骖 | cān | the two outside horses in a team of four |
| 黪 | cǎn | grey-black |
Words containing 渗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渗出物 | shèn chū wù | exudate |
| 反渗透法 | Fǎn shèn tòu fǎ | (Tw) Anti-infiltration Act (2020), which regulates the influence of entities deemed foreig… |
| 反渗透 | fǎn shèn tòu | anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces); (chemistry) reverse… |
| 渗人 | shèn rén | horrifying; creepy |
| 渗水 | shèn shuǐ | water seepage |
| 渗出 | shèn chū | to seep out; to exude |
| 渗色 | shèn sè | bleeding |
| 渗流 | shèn liú | to ooze; to seep |
| 渗透压 | shèn tòu yā | osmotic pressure |
| 渗入 | shèn rù | to permeate |
| 逆渗透 | nì shèn tòu | reverse osmosis |
| 渗透 | shèn tòu | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a pop… |
| 渗凉 | shèn liáng | to feel the penetrating chill of cold air |
| 渗漏 | shèn lòu | seepage; leakage |
| 渗析 | shèn xī | dialysis |
| 渗碳 | shèn tàn | carburization |
| 渗沟 | shèn gōu | sewer |
| 渗坑 | shèn kēng | sewage pit |
| 渗滤壶 | shèn lǜ hú | coffee percolator |
| 渗滤 | shèn lǜ | percolation |