zhān
be moistened
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 沾 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 霑
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to moisten | ||
muddy | ||
to be infected by | ||
immeasurably self-satisfied | ||
to be relevant |
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 | 16 |
Unicode | U+9711 |
Shuowen | “霑，雨也。从雨，沾聲。” |
Sources
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