Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to soak into, to sink into, to seep into, to permeate.
  2. to sink into (one's mind), to be (deeply) ingrained, to be instilled, to be embedded, to be impressed.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
染み込む しみこむ
 
 
 
しみ込む しみこむ
 
 
 
染みこむ しみこむ
 
 
沁み込む しみこむ
 
染込む しみこむ
 
 
滲み込む しみこむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

dye, color, paint
そめ そ.める セン (6th, N1)
spring
キ キュウ グ
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
crowded, mixture, in bulk
-こ.む こみ ごめ (7th, N3)
enter, insert
い.る はい.る ニュウ (1st, N5)