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9 strokes
Character #871 · The First 1000

rǎn

dye

to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting

Strokes
9
Both scripts
染
Poster cell
C32

简 = 繁染 is the same in both scripts. The switch changes the example words.

01 常用词语

Common words with

  • wūrǎn to pollute
  • gǎnrǎn to infect
  • rǎnliào dye
  • rǎnsè to dye
  • rǎnfà to get one's hair dyed
  • rǎnshàng to catch (a disease)
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 染

Write 染 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, rǎn, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell C32 · 28 × 36 grid

染 is #871 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 染 mean in English?
染 (rǎn) means "dye": to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting.
How do you pronounce 染?
染 is pronounced rǎn in pinyin, with the third (dipping) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄖㄢˇ.
How many strokes does 染 have?
染 has 9 strokes, in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
Is 染 the same in traditional Chinese?
Yes. 染 is written the same way in simplified and traditional Chinese.
What are common words with 染?
Common words that use 染 include 污染 (wūrǎn, to pollute), 感染 (gǎnrǎn, to infect), 染料 (rǎnliào, dye), 染色 (rǎnsè, to dye).
How common is 染?
染 is number 871 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell C32 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.