# 滲

| 滲 | U+6EF2, &#28402; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EF2 |
| ← 滱 [U+6EF1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 滳 → [U+6EF3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

滲 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水戈戈竹 (EIIH), four-corner 3312$_2$, composition ⿰氵參)
* soak through, seep, infiltrate
* horrify

#### Derived characters

* 𮒌

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 643, character 35
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18081
* Dae Jaweon: page 1051, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1734, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6EF2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 滲
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 篸 | *ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːms |
| 參 | *sʰluːm, *sʰluːms, *sloːm, *sʰrum, *srum |
| 驂 | *sʰluːm |
| 傪 | *sʰluːm, *sʰluːmʔ |
| 慘 | *sʰluːmʔ |
| 黲 | *sʰluːmʔ, *sʰloːmʔ |
| 謲 | *sʰluːms |
| 毿 | *sluːm |
| 蔘 | *sluːm, *srum |
| 犙 | *sluːm, *sru, *srɯu |
| 糝 | *sluːmʔ |
| 槮 | *sluːmʔ, *sʰrum, *srum, *srumʔ |
| 鬖 | *sloːm |
| 摻 | *sruːm, *sruːmʔ |
| 醦 | *sruːmʔ, *sʰrumʔ |
| 縿 | *sroːm |
| 穇 | *sroːm |
| 嵾 | *sʰrum |
| 磣 | *sʰrumʔ |
| 墋 | *sʰrumʔ |
| 曑 | *srum |
| 瘮 | *srumʔ |
| 滲 | *srums |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shèn (shen$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sam$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàm / sìm
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shèn
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^4$
*** Yale: shèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenn
*** Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^3$
*** Yale: sam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàm / sìm
*** Tâi-lô: siàm / sìm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaxm, sixm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siam²¹/, /sim²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁴¹/, /sim⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam²¹/, /sim²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siam¹¹/, /sim¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam²¹/, /sim²¹/
* siàm - vernacular;
* sìm - literary.
* Middle Chinese: srimH
Rime :
| Character | 滲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 所禁切 |
| Baxter | srimH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠiɪm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚim$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃiem$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂjim$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃjəm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭĕm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂi̯əm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shèn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sam$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*srums/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 滲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1114 |
| Phonetic component | 參 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 滲 |
| Old Chinese | /*srums/ |

### Definitions

滲
* to seep; to infiltrate

#### Compounds

* 偽裝滲透 / 伪装渗透
* 反滲透 / 反渗透
* 噤滲 / 噤渗
* 泌滲 / 泌渗
* 海上滲透 / 海上渗透
* 淋滲 / 淋渗
* 滲人 / 渗人
* 滲入 / 渗入 (shènrù)
* 滲出 / 渗出 (shènchū)
* 滲勻 / 渗匀
* 滲合 / 渗合
* 滲和 / 渗和
* 滲坑 / 渗坑 (shènkēng)
* 滲水 / 渗水 (shènshuǐ)
* 滲泄
* 滲洩 / 渗泄
* 滲涸 / 渗涸
* 滲淡 / 渗淡
* 滲涼 / 渗凉
* 滲淫 / 渗淫
* 滲溝 / 渗沟
* 滲漬 / 渗渍
* 滲滲 / 渗渗
* 滲漏 / 渗漏 (shènlòu)
* 滲漉 / 渗漉
* 滲瀝 / 渗沥
* 滲瀨 / 渗濑
* 滲灕 / 渗漓
* 滲癩 / 渗癞
* 滲透 / 渗透 (shèntòu)
* 滲金 / 渗金
* 滲雜 / 渗杂
* 香滲滲 / 香渗渗

#### Descendants

* → Tangut: 𗊿 (*śiẽ¹)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 渗 |
| Kyūjitai | 滲 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 渗)
* to soak through, to infiltrate

#### Readings

* Go-on: しん (shin)
* Kan-on: しん (shin)
* Kun: にじむ (nijimu, 滲む)、しみる (shimiru, 滲みる)

#### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 滲 is mostly replaced by 浸, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

#### Compounds

* 滲(しん)出(しゅつ) (shinshutsu)
* 滲(しん)炭(たん) (shintan) (浸(しん)炭(たん))
* 滲(しん)徹(てつ) (shintetsu) (浸(しん)徹(てつ), 沁(しん)徹(てつ))
* 滲(しん)透(とう) (shintō) (浸(しん)透(とう))
* 滲(しん)入(にゅう) (shinnyū)
* 滲(しん)漏(ろう) (shinrō)

## Korean
### Hanja

滲 (eum 삼 (sam))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

滲: Hán Nôm readings: rướm
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