Chinese symbol for “permeate”
渗透
shèn tòu
Traditional: 滲透
(lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for permeate is 渗透 (shèn tòu), defined as: (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “permeate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渗入 (滲入) | shèn rù | to permeate |
| 浸润 (浸潤) | jìn rùn | to permeate; to percolate |
| 浸透 | jìn tòu | to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate |
| 沉浸 | chén jìn | to soak; to permeate |
| 浸淫 | jìn yín | (literary) (of a liquid or vapor etc) to permeate; to saturate; to suffuse; (literary) (fig.) to be steeped; to be immersed (in an environment, field of study, emotion etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 渗透.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渗入 (滲入) | shèn rù | to permeate |
| 渗漏 (滲漏) | shèn lòu | seepage; leakage |
| 渗出 (滲出) | shèn chū | to seep out; to exude |
| 渗水 (滲水) | shèn shuǐ | water seepage |
| 渗透压 (滲透壓) | shèn tòu yā | osmotic pressure |
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via |
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 透明 | tòu míng | transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny |
See also: Japanese symbol for “permeate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.