Chinese symbol for “seep”
渗
shèn
Traditional: 滲
to seep; to ooze; to horrify
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seep is 渗 (shèn), defined as: to seep; to ooze; to horrify.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “seep”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 渗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渗透 (滲透) | shèn tòu | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seep”.
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.