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染

rǎn
verb HSK 5 #3,633

Meanings

  1. 1 to dye; to color
  2. 2 to contaminate; to catch (a disease)
  3. 3 to be tainted by; to acquire (bad habits)

Examples

她把头发染成了红色。
Tā bǎ tóufa rǎn chéng le hóngsè.
She dyed her hair red.
他染上了流感。
Tā rǎn shàng le liúgǎn.
He caught the flu.
不要染上坏习惯。
Bùyào rǎn shàng huài xíguàn.
Don't pick up bad habits.
这条河被污水染黑了。
Zhè tiáo hé bèi wūshuǐ rǎn hēi le.
This river has been turned black by sewage.

Tips

usage
染 has three main uses: dyeing (染发, dye hair), disease (传染, infect; 感染, get infected), and bad influence (染上坏习惯, pick up bad habits).
memory
The character 染 has 木 (wood) at the bottom and 氵(water) on the left — wood being soaked in dye water.

Stroke Order

染 rǎn