滲 (shèn) — to seep, ooze; to permeate

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滲 character · B1 (est.)

滲＝氵＋參

ㄕㄣˋ · shèn

verb — to seep, ooze; to permeate

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

參聲cān — gives the soundthree stars over a kneeling figure — a constellation, to take part

{ts,sh}IFcān → shèn — initial and rhyme both shift

Water (氵) working through by tiny ways — to seep. 參 cān carries the sound, the three-stars graph, the reading worn well off the donor. From water threading through, anything that permeates slowly: 滲透、滲水、滲漏.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

牆角一塊濕印慢慢擴大（氵）——水滲進來了。

A damp patch at the corner of the wall spreading slowly (氵) — water seeping in.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)滲透、滲水— to seep, permeate常用

→滲漏、滲出— to leak through, ooze out

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension