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漬

zì

soak

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 責 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

責 sound component

責  Sound component

zé

  

responsibility

Evolution

漬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

渍 (漬) 

zì

soak, steep; dye; stains; sodden; to soak; to be stained; stain; floodwater

Most common words with 漬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

渍

to soak

污渍

stain

血渍

bloodstain

浸渍

to soak

腌渍

to pickle

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.0663% of movies

2884th most common character in movies

3773rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

渍

Unicode

U+6F2C

Shuowen

“漬，漚也。从水，責聲。”


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