# 浸 immerse

(waterleft) + (snout) + (George Michael's Moustache) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
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## Onyomi

SHIN |

## Mnemonic

| The mustachioed pig immersed his snout in the SHINY water which flowed from his crotch. Daaaamn!!! How ya like me now, mnemonics-fans???

## Kunyomi

( を ) ひた＊す | I soak or immerse something, like dipping bread in soup, or a soapy rag. ★☆☆☆☆
( が ) ひた＊る | something gets immersed ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

浸透(しんとう) する | permeate ☆☆☆☆☆ 浸 (immerse) + 透 (transparent) = 浸透 (permeate) to permeate (like mud permeating a towel); to stealthily take over (communism) ;　osmosis

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
掃 | sweep | HAND | 手
帰 | go back home | SWORD | 刀
侵 | perpetrate | PERSON | 人
浸 | immerse | WATER | 水

You use your HANDS to clean,

but use your SWORD to go home

(since there are zombies in your driveway, duh).

A PERSON perpetrates a crime by immersing a wicked witch in WATER. That might have been cool in the '40s but now it's a hate-crime.

## Synonyms

spread, pervade, permeate, infiltrate 浸透 蔓延