染

染 — dye, color, paint

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 6
Frequency: #837 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せん sen
Kun'yomi: そ.める so.meru

-ぞ.め -zo.me

-ぞめ -zome

そ.まる so.maru

し.みる shi.miru

-じ.みる -ji.miru

し.み shi.mi

-し.める -shi.meru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 染

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