濡
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「水」+音符「需」。「ぬれる」「ひたる」を意味する漢語｛濡｝を表す字。もと「需」が｛濡｝を表す字であったが、「水」を加えた。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
get wet, damp, make love
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ジュ
- ニュ
- Kun (native)
- ぬれ(る)
- ぬら(す)
- ぬ(れる)
- ぬ(らす)
- うるお(い)
- うるお(う)
- うるお(す)
- Other languages
- 拼音ru2
- 한글yu
- Hán-ViệtNhu
- Hán-ViệtNhi
Basics
- Strokes
- 17 strokes
- Radical
- 水(みず)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+6FE1
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵需
Words using this kanji
- 濡れるぬれる「ぬれる」を参照。to get wet
- 濡らすぬらす「ぬらす」の漢字表記。to wet, to moisten, to dampen, to soak
- 濡れぬれwetting, love affair, lover
- 濡れ手ぬれてwet hands
- 濡れ色ぬれいろcolor of something wet, colour of something wet
- 濡れ衣ぬれぎぬfalse accusations, unfounded suspicion, groundless charge, wet clothes
- 濡れ事ぬれごとlove affair, romance, love scene (in kabuki)
- 濡れ場ぬればlove scene, bedroom scene, sex scene
- 濡れ鼠ぬれねずみsoaked to the skin, like a drowned rat
- 濡れ髪ぬれがみnewly washed hair, wet hair
- 濡れ縁ぬれえんopen veranda, open verandah
- 濡れ性ぬれせいwettability
- 濡れ仏ぬれぼとけBuddhist image in the open
- 濡れ羽色ぬればいろjet black
- 濡れ事師ぬれごとし(acting) romantic lead, philanderer
- 濡れ雑巾ぬれぞうきんwet cloth, damp rag
- 濡れ透けぬれすけsee-through because of wetness (e.g. clothes)
- 濡れ濡れぬれぬれwetly, moistly
- 濡れ光るぬれひかるto glisten with moisture, to shine wetly, to gleam with wetness
- 濡れ手で粟ぬれてであわ簡単に大きな利益を得ること。easy profit
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-14- Four Corner
3112.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a14.4- Heisig
- 2419
- Nelson
- 2723