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染

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 554 / 2,608

Dye

On’yomi
せん
Kun’yomi
そ
Radical
木 Tree (Kangxi 75)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 並 (Line Up), less common than 健 (Healthy).

A tsunami on the left washes nine things into a tree on the right -- nine colors from a tsunami soaking into a tree dye it permanently.

In words

染まる そまる to dyeN1
染みる しみる to pierce;to permeateN1
染める そめる to dye;to colourN1

染 is rank 554 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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