Memory phrase for the character: 湿

湿

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Meaning

moist, wet

Pronunciation

shī

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: visible 显 (If the sun 日 is [directly] over a hollow volcanic vent 业, it is therein visible.)

Mnemonic
 
Water makes a sunny hole (= vent) wet. Or: Water is visible, when it is (= i.e. the floor) is wet.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
业 businessImage of a hollow volcano vent




 Vocabulary

潮湿 cháo shī  damp; moist
湿润 shī rùn  moist
湿度 shī dù  humidity level
湿漉漉 shī lù lù  damp; clammy; dripping wet
湿漉漉 shī lù lù  

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