Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb

    to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

    Idiomatic expression

    そのプロジェクトの責任者であったジェイソンが、汚職に手を染めた理由で解任された。
    Jason, who was in charge of the project, was dismissed for corruption.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hand

Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dye, color, paint, stain, print

Kun
そ.めるそ.まるし.みるし.み
On
セン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
837 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

そめ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
4a5.35The Kanji Dictionary
3490.4Four corner code
364deroo
67d3Unicode hex code
1-32-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2240Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2636New Nelson (John Haig)
2572New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3181Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1640Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2229Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
509Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
548Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1161A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
968Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
974Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14621Morohashi
917A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
779Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
793Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1426Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
928henshall3
889Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
908Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1058Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
220Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ran3Pinyin reading
yeomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level