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Mythic Mandarin

沾 (zhān): meaning and stroke order

沾 (zhān) means to moisten, to be infected by, to receive benefit or advantage through a contact, to touch.

沾

Simplified
沾
Traditional
沾, 霑
Pinyin
zhān

Stroke order of 沾

沾

  • zhān to moisten; to be infected by
  • zhān variant of 沾[zhan1]; to moisten
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 霑

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 沾

  1. zhān
    • to moisten
    • to be infected by
    • to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
    • to touch
  2. zhān Traditional 霑
    • variant of 沾[zhan1]
    • to moisten

Radical and structure

沾
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 8 strokes · 氵 on the left, 占 on the right

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.

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).