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漬

Pickle
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingつ.ける、つ.かる

Verbs with «漬»

漬ける

Meanings

  1. pickle
  2. moisten
  3. picklingRtK
  4. soak
  5. steep
  1. to soak (in)
  2. to steep
  3. to dip
  4. to dunk
  5. to pickle

Popular Usage

漬ける

Radicals and components

Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · blame · grow up · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1665

Compound words

彼はとにかくコンピューター漬けだからね。
He eats, breathes and sleeps computers.tatoeba
貴殿の娘さんは麻薬漬けです。
Your daughter's on drugs.tatoeba
塩漬けキャベツを細かく切る。
Chop the pickled cabbage finely.tatoeba
風味付けに果物の皮を漬ける人もいる。
Some people pickles the skin or rind of fruits to add flavor.wiki
イシモチの塩辛 キムチを漬けるときに使われる。
salted cardinalfish: it is used to pickle kimchi.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Pickle, soak. 氵 (liquid) + 責 (stack) — packing vegetables in brine. 漬物 — pickles.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 漬

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step