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Chinese symbol for “saturate”

浸透
jìn tòu
to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for saturate is 浸透 (jìn tòu), defined as: to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

浸 jìn
to dip, to immerse, to soak; to percolate, to steep
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
透 tòu
to pierce, to penetrate, to pass through; thorough
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “saturate”

WordPinyinMeaning
弥漫 (彌漫)mí mànto pervade; to fill the air
浸湿 (浸濕)jìn shīto soak; to saturate
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 浸透.

WordPinyinMeaning
沉浸chén jìnto soak; to permeate
浸泡jìn pàoto steep; to soak
浸润 (浸潤)jìn rùnto permeate; to percolate
浸入jìn rùto soak; to dip
浸水jìn shuǐto immerse in water; to drench; to inundate; irrigation water
透过 (透過)tòu guòto pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via
透露tòu lùto leak out; to divulge
透明tòu míngtransparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny

See also: Japanese symbol for “saturate”.

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.

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