Japanese symbol for “dunk”
漬ける
つける
Romaji: tsukeru
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
In Japanese, dunk is 漬ける, read つける (tsukeru).
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Meanings
- v1, vt to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
- v1, vt to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
Written forms: 漬ける、浸ける. Readings: つける.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dunk”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ダンク | ダンク danku | dunk |
| 液体に浸す | えきたいにひたす ekitainihitasu | to dunk (e.g. food in a drink); to dip |
| 液体に浸ける | えきたいにつける ekitainitsukeru | to dunk (e.g. food in a drink) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漬物 | つけもの tsukemono | tsukemono (pickled vegetables) |
| 塩漬け | しおづけ shiozuke | pickling in salt; food preserved in salt |
| 茶漬け | ちゃづけ chazuke | chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it |
| 漬け | づけ zuke | pickled (something) |
| お茶漬け | おちゃづけ ochazuke | ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.