Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded

  2. to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

Also written 染みつく【しみつく】染み着く【しみつく】沁み付く【しみつく】沁み着く【しみつく】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

adhere, attach, refer to, append

Kun
つ.ける-つ.ける-づ.けるつ.けつ.け--つ.け-づ.け-づけつ.く-づ.くつ.き-つ.き-つき-づ.き-づき
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
322 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

つけ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-3SKIP code
2a3.6The Kanji Dictionary
2420.0Four corner code
2148deroo
4ed8Unicode hex code
1-41-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
363Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
124New Nelson (John Haig)
31New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1000Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1075Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
251A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
126Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
259Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
373Morohashi
574A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
192Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
192Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
502sakade
302Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
602henshall3
454Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
365Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
62Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1009Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level