染 — dye, color, paint, stain, print

Readings

On'yomi

セン

Kun'yomi

そ.める-ぞ.め-ぞめそ.まるし.みる-じ.みるし.み-し.める

Example words

• 汚染おせんpollution; contamination
• 感染かんせんinfection; contagion
• 染めるそめるto dye; to colour; to color
• 伝染でんせんcontagion; infection
• 染まるそまる(1) to be dyed (2) to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped
• 染みるしみる(1) to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate (2) to (enter a wound or sensitive area and) sting (3) to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
• 染みるじみるto have a touch of; to look like