Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #1447

immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas)
inundation; submersion
erosion; corrosion

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to be soaked in; to be flooded
submersion; inundation
to soak; to dip
boiled greens flavored with soy (flavoured)
to be submerged; to be soaked

Example sentences

Science and technology have come to pervade every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at a speed which is quite unprecedented.

I believe it will be quite a long time before the spirit of democracy pervades our daily life.

He was completely engrossed in the book.

I was immersed in the happy atmosphere of the occasion.