浸 immerse

(waterleft) + (snout) + (George Michael's Moustache) + 又 (again/crotch radical)

Onyomi

SHIN

Mnemonic

The mustachioed pig immersed his snout in the SHINY water which flowed from his crotch. Daaaamn!!! How ya like me now, mnemonics-fans???

Kunyomi

( を ) ひた＊す	I soak or immerse something, like dipping bread in soup, or a soapy rag. ★☆☆☆☆
( が ) ひた＊る	something gets immersed ★☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

浸透(しんとう) する

permeate ☆☆☆☆☆ 浸 (immerse) + 透 (transparent) = 浸透 (permeate) to permeate (like mud permeating a towel); to stealthily take over (communism) ;　osmosis

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
掃	sweep	HAND	手
帰	go back home	SWORD	刀
侵	perpetrate	PERSON	人
浸	immerse	WATER	水

You use your HANDS to clean,

but use your SWORD to go home

(since there are zombies in your driveway, duh).

A PERSON perpetrates a crime by immersing a wicked witch in WATER. That might have been cool in the '40s but now it's a hate-crime.

Synonyms

spread, pervade, permeate, infiltrate 浸透    蔓延