濡
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dilatory; to moisten
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 水 +14
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 濡
- Common rank
- #3,239
- Unicode
- U+6FE1
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 濡
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳濡目染 | to be influenced | |
| 以沫相濡 | see 相濡以沫[xiang1 ru2 yi3 mo4] | |
| 相濡以沫 | (lit.) (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); (fig.… | |
| 濡染 | to infect; to influence; to dip (in ink) | |
| 濡毫 | to dip the pen into ink; to write | |
| 濡湿 | to moisten | |
| 濡忍 | compliant; submissive | |
| 沾濡 | to moisten | |
| 濡沫涸辙 | to help each other out in hard times (idiom) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 需 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需 sound part | to need, to require; must | |
| 儒 | Confucian scholar | |
| 糯 | glutinous rice; sticky, viscous | |
| 蠕 | wasp; to wriggle, to squirm | |
| 孺 | child; blood relation; affection | |
| 嚅 | to mumble, to stutter | |
| 懦 | weak, timid, cowardly | |
| 薷 | Elshotria paltrini | |
| 颥 | the temporal bone | |
| 襦 | coat, jacket; fine silk fabric |