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渗透

Traditional: 滲透

shèn tòu

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shèn tòu · sam3 tau3 (Jyutping)

  1. (lit. and fig.) to permeate
  2. to seep into
  3. (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population)
  4. (of hostile forces) to infiltrate
  5. (chemistry) osmosis

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

渗

Meaning
soak through, infiltrate
Radical
氵
Strokes
11
Components
⿰氵参
Cangjie
EIKH
Four-corner
3312

透

Meaning
penetrate, pass through
Radical
辶
Strokes
10
Components
⿺辶秀
Cangjie
YHDS
Four-corner
3230.2

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