漬 means “pickle, soak”

つける · tsukeru

Also: pickling, moisten, steep

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): つける, つかる
On'yomi (Chinese reading): シ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

Water (氵) beside 責, duty: picture vegetables sentenced to sit in brine until they are done. 漬ける is to pickle or soak, 漬物 are the pickles beside a bowl of rice, and 一夜漬け, overnight pickling, is cramming the night before a test.

Used in 漬物 (tsukemono, pickles), 漬ける (tsukeru, to pickle/soak), and 一夜漬け (ichiyazuke, overnight cramming)

漬 means “pickle, soak”

The story

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