湿

variant of 濕|湿[shi1]
moist / wet

湿 = + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating a wet (湿) puddle next to an empty water bottle (氵) in front of the space station (Ø1). Although it is very obvious what happened through the conspicuous (显) empty water bottle, Sherlock still has to think hard about it.

湿 character breakdown

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
to make visible / to reveal / prominent / conspicuous / (prefix) phanero-

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is dating the bullfrog (业) in the anthill (an3). There is a prominent (显) sun (日) floating over the bullfrog which Marie just cannot ignore, so she has to stare at the sun barely able to say anything for the whole evening.

Characters with 湿 as component

湿 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 湿

to soak / to saturate
to moisten (e.g. of rain) / to wet
genital wart / condyloma acuminatum
(coll.) disposable diaper
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
specific humidity
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
to moisten / to dampen / to be steeped in / to be imbued with
variant of 濕答答|湿答答[shi1 da1 da1]
to absorb moisture
to moisturize / moisturizing
to absorb / absorbent
to moisten evenly (e.g. in tanning leather)

Sentences with 湿

湿 currently does not appear in any sentence.