immerse

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

SHIN

Mnemonic

The mustachioed pig immersed his snout in the SHINY water which flowed from his crotch.
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Kunyomi

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

浸透(しんとう) する

permeate ☆☆☆☆☆
(immerse) + (transparent) = 浸透 (permeate)

to permeate (like mud permeating a towel); to stealthily take over (communism) ; osmosis

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
sweep HAND
go back home SWORD
perpetrate PERSON
immerse WATER

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