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

    to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate

    雨は服にしみ込んだ。
    The rain soaked through my clothes.
  2. to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled; to be embedded; to be impressed

Also written 沁み込む【しみこむ】浸み込む【しみこむ】滲み込む【しみこむ】

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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

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Kun
-こ.むこ.むこ.み-こ.みこ.める
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
675 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

こみごめ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 3-2-2SKIP code
2q2.3The Kanji Dictionary
3830.0Four corner code
3562deroo
8fbcUnicode hex code
1-25-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4660Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6010New Nelson (John Haig)
3030New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3762Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1917Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2608Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
780Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
843Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
280A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
178Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
987Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38712PMorohashi
1275A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
776Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
790Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
948Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
396crowley
961Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
675Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
787Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ibKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level