Jisho

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湿

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
damp, wet, moist
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1517 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 湿 【シツ】 moisture, humidity, dampness, scabies, sarcoptic mange, the itch
  • 湿原 【シツゲン】 marshy grassland, wetlands
  • 多湿 【タシツ】 high humidity
  • 耐湿 【タイシツ】 resisting moisture

Kun reading compounds

  • 湿る 【しめる】 to become damp, to become moist, to become wet, to lack energy, to be in a slump, to be in low spirits, to feel depressed
  • 湿す 【しめす】 to wet, to moisten, to dampen

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
seub

Spanish

  • humedecer
  • mojar

Portuguese

  • umidade
  • úmido
  • molhar

French

  • moite
  • humide
  • mouillé
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1476 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
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702 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1169 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1226 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
838 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1223 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
741 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
443 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
555 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1805 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
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609 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3243 New Nelson (John Haig)
1788 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1927 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1560 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
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3a9.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3611.2 Four corner code
1-28-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e7f Unicode hex code