noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.), infiltration (e.g. of ideas), spread, penetration (e.g. into a market), pervasion.
  2. permeation (of a liquid, etc.), soaking, percolation.
  3. Chemistry term, biology term.osmosis.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
浸透 しんとう
滲透 しんとう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

immersed, soak, dip
ひた.す シン つ.かる (7th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
to invade
snout, hand
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
transparent, permeate, filter
トウ とう.る す.く (7th, N1)
excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (7th, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)