淫
soak, lewd, obscene, excessive
淫 is composed of the radical 水 (water) and 㸒 (excessive). 水 is a pictograph of a river, while the original meaning of 㸒 is to seize what others have obtained, and it extended to the meanings of greed and excess. 淫 conveys the idea of an abundance of water, and therefore carries the meaning of soaking or immersion; it is also used to mean indulgence in lust.
Vocabulary of 淫
- 淫蕩 (lewd)
- 淫婦 (loose woman)
- 荒淫 (licentious)
Classification
Related Characters:
4水
water5汁juice5永
forever5河river5氾
flood6汐tide6汎
float6汗
sweat6汛
flood6污filth6汙filth6池
pond6汔dry7決decide7汪
expanse of water7沆
sail7沃fertile7沙sand7求
request7汽steam7泛
float8沽buy8泳
swim8泡bubble8沓many8踏tread8注
pour8油
oil8泄
leak8沿along8波wave8泯obliterate8泠limpid8泗nasal mucus8泊docking8泥mud8治govern8沾
moisten8法law9派tributary of river9津ferry crossing9洽
contact9浡
gushing9洗wash9泉
fountain9活live9洼
sunken9洞cave9洛name of river9洌clear9洋ocean10涌rush10浪
wave10酒wine10浣
wash10浩grand10涉wade10涂road10浴bath10消disappear10海sea10涎
saliva10浦shore11淫soak11清clear11淆confused11涸dry11淺shallow11渉wade11淘wash11涼
cool11涯
shore11液liquid11深deep11渚islet12湧rush12湖lake12渾entire12湯hot or boiling water12渣dregs12渺tiny12滑slide12測measure12湍rush12溲urinate12減reduce12渙
dissipate12渲wash13源
source13溶dissolve13溢
overflow13滄vast13滅extinguish13漠desert14漂float14漾ripple14滴drip14漲rise14漁
fishing14漫unrestrained14演
evolve14漓seep through14滷brine14漢river15漿broth15潑splash15澄clear15潘
surname15滕
surname15澆
pour16澡bath16澶still water16澤pool17濫excessive17濕wet17濡moisten17濛drizzle18濺splash21灌
pour22灘beach24灝
vast25灣bay