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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