滲む

にじむ · nijimu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to run

💧 Water radical 氵 + 參 (shin): water seeping and spreading, like wet ink

Ink running on wet paper blurs and spreads outward. The 氵 water radical marks liquid, while 參 supplies the on-yomi shin, a reading not used in nijimu.

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