染 (rǎn): meaning and stroke order
染 (rǎn) means to dye, to catch (a disease), to acquire (bad habits etc), to contaminate.
染
- Simplified
- 染
- Traditional
- 染 (same form)
- Pinyin
- rǎn
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Stroke order of 染
染
- rǎn to dye; to catch (a disease)
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 染
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rǎn
- to dye
- to catch (a disease)
- to acquire (bad habits etc)
- to contaminate
- to add color washes to a painting
Radical and structure
- 染
- Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 9 strokes · 氿 on top, 木 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 染
- 传染 chuán rǎn to infect; contagious
- 污染 wū rǎn to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).