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沾

zhān

moisten

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 霑.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

占 sound component

占  Sound component

zhàn, zhān

  

divine

Evolution

沾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
沾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
沾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

沾  

zhān

moisten, wet, soak; touch; to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch

沾 (霑) 

zhān

variant of 沾[zhān]

Most common words with 沾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沾

to moisten

沾满

muddy

沾染

to be infected by

沾沾自喜

immeasurably self-satisfied

沾边

to be relevant

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

霑

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t]rem

trjem

zhān

moisten


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.7870% of movies

2081st most common character in movies

2402nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6CBE

Shuowen

“沾，水。出壺關，東入淇。一曰沾，益也。从水，占聲。”


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