湿

湿 U+6E7F, 湿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E7F ← 湾 [U+6E7E] CJK Unified Ideographs 満 → [U+6E80]

See also: 溼 and 濕

Translingual

Shinjitai	湿
Simplified	湿
Traditional	濕

Etymology

Simplified in Chinese and Japanese. Simplified from 濕 (𢇁 → 业).

Han character

湿 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日廿金 (EATC), composition ⿰氵显)

1. wet, moist, humid, damp
2. illness

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 639, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17920
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1675, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6E7F

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 湿 – see 濕. (This character, 湿, is the simplified form of 濕.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	湿
Kyūjitai	濕

Kanji

湿

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 濕)

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Readings

• On: しつ (shitsu)
• Kun: しめる (shimeru), しめす (shimesu), うるおう (uruou)