jiā

saturate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

夾 sound component

  Sound component

jiājiájià

  

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

浹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
浹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
浹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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jiā

saturate, drench; damp, wet; soaked; to wet; to drench; Taiwan pr. [jiá]

Most common words with 浹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汗流浃背

drenched in sweat

soaked

沦肌浃髓

moved to the core