Mnemonic
A violent storm sends rain hammering against your bedroom window. The curtain billows inward as water sprays through the gap, and before you can even react, you get wet just standing in your own room!
Additional thoughts
Picture the absurdity: you're safe inside, yet the storm drives rain so fiercely past the curtain that you're drenched at home. The indoor soaking makes it memorable.Quick recall
A storm drives rain past the curtain, making you get wet indoors.Details
The keyword for 濡 is get wet. This kanji refers to the act of becoming moist, damp, or soaked with water or other liquid. It conveys the state of being wetted or dampened, whether by rain, splashing, or immersion. It can also carry figurative nuances of being touched or influenced by something, much like being softened or permeated by moisture.
- On'yomi
- じゅ、にゅ
- Kun'yomi
- ぬれ.る、ぬら.す、ぬ.れる、ぬ.らす、うるお.い、うるお.う、うるお.す