沾

zhān
#2,397 most
frequent character
to moisten, to be infected by

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

沾 zhān uses 氵 water as meaning part and 占 zhàn as sound part. It first named an ancient river. From that came soaking or moistening, and then being stained.

沾 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Same Characters, Different Readings

沾zhān
to moisten, variant of 沾[zhan1]

Homophones

占zhān
to observe, to divine

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