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染
rǎn
1. to dye
2. to catch (a disease)
3. to acquire (bad habits etc)
4. to contaminate
5. to add color washes to a painting
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

染
rǎn
dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

渲染
xuànrǎn
rendering (computing)
传染
chuánrǎn
to infect
HSK 5
印染
yìnrǎn
printing and dyeing
感染
gǎnrǎn
infection
HSK 6
扎染
zārǎn
tie-dyeing
拔染
bárǎn
discharge
挑染
tiāorǎn
highlight (hair)
晕染
yùnrǎn
to smudge (become smeared)
有染
yǒurǎn
to have an affair with sb
染上
rǎnshàng
to catch (a disease)
染布
rǎnbù
to dye cloth
染厂
rǎnchǎng
dye factory
染指
rǎnzhǐ
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
染料
rǎnliào
dye
染毒
rǎndú
contamination
染病
rǎnbìng
to catch an illness
染织
rǎnzhī
dyeing and weaving
染色
rǎnsè
dye
染发
rǎnfà
to dye one's hair
污染
wūrǎn
pollution
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,140
Word Frequency Rank
3,331 of 84,292

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