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漬 means 'pickle'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 1826   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-33    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 69 words   Used in 11 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   つける to pickle, soak   つかる to be soaked in, well seasoned
Additional readings
On    シ
Kun    -づけ   -づけ
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 漬 - click the badge to download
Pickles as colorful as fall leaves are a key part of Japanese cuisine, from bar snacks to traditional meals. This essay presents an array of pickle types (including alcoholic ones!), pickle shop photos, and reasons for all this pickling. Literally and metaphorically, 漬 also means "immersion." Learn to say that you're up to your neck in work, drenched in sweat, or immersed in a language.
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  責 torture; blame  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 漬 is used 3 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 漬 is used 61 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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つける (read as づ) : 31 words FIND ALL
し お づ け 0 し お づ け 4
1. pickling in salt
2. leaving unchanged; leaving unused
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つける : 15 words FIND ALL
つ け る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to soak; to seep; to dip in
2. to pickle  (this meaning is restricted to form 漬ける, つける)
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-づけ (read as づけ) : 14 words FIND ALL
お ち ゃ づ け 0
noun
rice with tea poured on it (Japanese dish)  (see also: 茶漬け; polite (teineigo) language)
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つける (read as つけ) : 1 word FIND ALL
つ け も の 0
noun
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
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An additional つ.かる less common words include 漬 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1608  Joy o' Kanji : 1608  Key to Kanji: - 

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漬
つける to pickle, soak   つかる to be soaked in, well seasoned   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
責
セキ   せめる to torture; to blame, accuse   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
龶
シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
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