Memory phrase for the Kanji: 沾
沾
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Meaning
to moisten, to be infected by, to receive favors
Pronunciation
zhān
Explanation
Left: water 氵, right: fortune-telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told)
Mnemonic
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If you use water for fortune telling, you need to moisten sth.
Radicals
氵
water Simplified from this water 水
占
divine It is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.
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Vocabulary
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沾花惹草
zhān huā rě cǎo
to moisten the flower and beckon the leaves (idiom); to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
沾染
zhān rǎn
to pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage
沾染
zhān rǎn
沾染
zhān rǎn