浸 means “soak, immerse, flood”

ひたす · hitasu

Also: immersed, dip, steep

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひたす, ひたる, つかる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

Water (氵) beside the right half of 侵, to invade: water creeping in where it is not wanted. 浸す is to soak, 浸水 is flooding, and after heavy rain the news counts homes with 床上浸水, water above the floorboards.

Used in 浸す (hitasu, to soak/dip), 浸水 (shinsui, flooding), and 浸透 (shintou, permeation/spreading)

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