Ideographic: Water 氵 and wine 九 mixed in a wooden 木 bowlRadical:

meaning for rǎn:

  • - to dye
  • - to catch (a disease)
  • - to acquire (bad habits etc)
  • - to contaminate
  • - to add color washes to a paintingpollution
  • - contamination
  • - Classifiers: 个 infection
  • - to infect
  • - to influenceinfectious disease
  • - contagious disease
  • - pestilenceto infect
  • - contagiousinfectious
  • - epidemic