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染 - rǎn

dye; be contagious; infect

dye; be contagious; infect

How to read 染

Click 染 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinrǎn
Englishdye; be contagious; infect
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

染上 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 染布. Please read 染厂 one more time.

Common words with this character

to catch; to get
to dye cloth
dye factory; dye-works
to dip a finger ; fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action; abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 染 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 染上 and 染布 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 染.