Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 6 freq #837

dye, color, paint, stain, print

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

pollution; contamination
infection; contagion
infectious disease; infection
contagious disease; communicable disease
chromosome
dyeing
dye; dyestuff
dyeing and weaving
contagion; infection

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

dyeing; printing
to dye; to colour
to be dyed
effect of dyeing
to soak (into); to permeate
to soak into; to sink into
stain; spot
to become familiar with; to get used to
familiar; well-known
COVID-19; coronavirus disease 2019

Example sentences

Research has shown how polluted the rivers are these days.

Air is polluted in cities.

The government didn't take appropriate measures to prevent the infection from spreading.

The puncture wound was very deep and had to be examined for infection.