Read Edit View history Discussion 染 rǎn HSK5 dye, infect, be contagious Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 杂 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas rǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 染 Simp strokes 染 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 染 Simp strokes 染 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 染 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 262, 795 ], [ 327, 762 ], [ 359, 726 ] ], [ [ 199, 680 ], [ 262, 648 ], [ 287, 623 ] ], [ [ 182, 435 ], [ 204, 428 ], [ 228, 429 ], [ 352, 568 ] ], [ [ 520, 830 ], [ 541, 800 ], [ 544, 786 ], [ 512, 654 ], [ 489, 596 ], [ 444, 511 ], [ 398, 452 ], [ 362, 420 ] ], [ [ 378, 649 ], [ 428, 649 ], [ 606, 706 ], [ 659, 706 ], [ 675, 685 ], [ 639, 588 ], [ 634, 540 ], [ 639, 504 ], [ 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393 412 466 509 Q 467 512 470 515 Q 510 581 541 670 L 551 704 Z", "M 885 436 Q 913 443 903 463 Q 882 511 872 583 Q 868 599 861 602 Q 854 606 852 592 Q 839 511 815 489 Q 809 479 779 474 Q 701 461 672 485 Q 656 506 654 539 Q 653 572 672 616 Q 690 658 713 671 Q 738 690 713 706 Q 695 719 678 731 Q 659 743 642 733 Q 624 727 551 704 L 496 688 Q 420 669 384 662 Q 368 659 368 647 Q 367 640 395 628 Q 423 618 458 637 Q 470 644 486 650 L 541 670 Q 613 700 634 688 Q 644 681 639 664 Q 591 517 637 462 Q 677 419 790 420 Q 851 423 885 436 Z", "M 539 288 Q 680 312 842 296 Q 864 293 871 302 Q 878 315 866 326 Q 797 386 740 364 Q 644 349 525 332 L 475 326 Q 468 329 298 306 Q 235 296 142 294 Q 129 294 128 283 Q 127 271 145 258 Q 161 246 191 235 Q 201 231 219 239 Q 234 243 300 256 Q 355 271 425 278 L 539 288 Z", "M 525 332 Q 526 362 530 377 Q 533 389 526 395 Q 504 414 485 424 Q 473 428 464 421 Q 458 417 465 408 Q 474 390 475 326 L 474 260 Q 474 128 458 71 Q 443 34 489 -28 Q 493 -35 500 -38 Q 510 -39 516 -27 Q 528 4 525 34 Q 522 158 523 262 L 525 332 Z", "M 425 278 Q 353 166 139 59 Q 121 49 136 45 Q 167 36 271 83 Q 355 140 388 167 Q 431 204 457 239 Q 466 252 474 260 C 495 283 464 335 425 278 Z", "M 523 262 Q 611 162 708 70 Q 730 46 770 45 Q 842 41 916 56 Q 935 57 937 63 Q 938 70 924 76 Q 705 157 628 216 Q 591 243 539 288 C 516 308 500 288 523 262 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.