Japanese symbol for “immerse”
浸す
ひたす
Romaji: hitasu
to soak; to dip; to steep; to immerse
In Japanese, immerse is 浸す, read ひたす (hitasu).
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Meanings
- v5s, vt to soak; to dip; to steep; to immerse
- v5s, vt to moisten; to wet
Written forms: 浸す、漬す. Readings: ひたす.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浸透 | しんとう shintou | permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread |
| 浸かる | つかる tsukaru | to be submerged; to be soaked |
| 浸水 | しんすい shinsui | inundation; submersion; flood |
| 浸る | ひたる hitaru | to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged |
| 浸食 | しんしょく shinshoku | erosion; corrosion |
| 水浸し | みずびたし mizubitashi | submersion; inundation; being flooded |
See also: Chinese symbol for “immerse”.
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.