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Mythic Mandarin

沾染世俗 (zhān rǎn shì sú): meaning and stroke order

沾染世俗 (zhān rǎn shì sú) means to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom).

沾染世俗

Simplified
沾染世俗
Traditional
沾染世俗 (same form)
Pinyin
zhān rǎn shì sú

Stroke order of 沾染世俗

沾

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

Stroke by stroke

染

  • rǎn to dye; to catch (a disease)
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

世

  • Shì surname Shi
  • shì life; age
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

俗

  • sú custom; convention
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 沾染世俗

  1. zhān rǎn shì sú
    • to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)

Radicals of the characters

沾
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 8 strokes · 氵 on the left, 占 on the right
染
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 9 strokes · 氿 on top, 木 below
世
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 5 strokes · built from 廿 and 𠃊
俗
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 9 strokes · 亻 on the left, 谷 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).