染

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: rǎn
Cantonese: jim5
JapaneseKun: SOMERU SHIMIRU SOMARU
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: YEM
Vietnamese: nhuộm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dye; be contagious; infect

CE-Dict: to dye/to catch (a disease)/to acquire (bad habits etc)/to contaminate/to add colour washes to a painting

Soothill: To dye, infect, contaminate, pollute; lust.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to dye
2.to contract (a disease)
3.to become addicted to
4.to soil

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: catch; contaminate; dye; imbrue; soil; tincture; tinge; yarn-dye

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: catch; conraminate; dye; imbrue; soil; tincture; tinge; yarn-dye

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》染以繒染為色。从水杂聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】染
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤而琰切，音冉。【說文】以繒彩爲色。从水杂聲。徐鍇引裴光遠云：从水，水者所以染。从木，木者桅茜之屬。从九，九者染之數也。【周禮·天官】染人掌染帛。【爾雅·釋器】一染謂之縓，再染謂之赬，三染謂之纁。　又柔貌。【詩·小雅】荏染柔木。　又【博雅】染耦，和諧也。　又姓。【姓譜】晉染閔，五代染于。　又【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤而豔切，冉去聲。汚也，漬也。【書·胤征】舊染汚俗，咸與維新。　【韻會】《周禮》染人有上、去二音。　从九會意。俗从丸，非。○按《說文》收水部，今誤入。
考證：〔再染謂之赤。〕　謹照爾雅原文赤改赬。

朱芾煌:法相辭典 瑜伽八十四卷十六頁雲：染者：謂樂著受用故。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （術語）常曰染垢染污，不潔不淨之義。謂執著之妄念及所執之事物也。

陳義孝佛學常見辭彙 不潔淨的意思。

Buddhism words and phrases defiled, polluted, infected

Japanese Places Some (loc)

CF-Dict: teindre/colorer/attraper une maladie/prendre une mauvaise habitude/contaminer

Han-De-Dict: abtönen (V)/anstecken (V, Med)/färben (V)/verunreinigen, beschmutzen (V)