EntryCommonWaniKani 34
  1. Noun

    stain; spot; smudge; blot; smear; blotch

    Usually written using kana alone

    しみをこすり落とすことができなかった。
    I couldn't scrub the stain out.
  2. spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration; freckle

    Usually written using kana aloneesp. シミsee 肝斑

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Characters in this word

1
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