How to Write 渖 (shěn) — Meaning “Juice or liquid”

Imagine a judge (审) holding a cup of water (氵) and carefully examining it to decide if it is pure juice. You can also remember it by the phrase 'She needs juice' because shěn sounds like 'shen' in a friendly pronunciation.

The right part 审 must be written with the roof top (宀) above a ‘十’ and then ‘口’, and it should not be too tall or wide. A common mistake is to make the right side look like the character 洁 (jié) by confusing the bottom with a '吉' instead of '审'.

渖 means 'juice' or 'liquid,' while 洁 means 'clean' and 洄 means 'to swirl back'. Visually,渖 has 审 on the right, 洁 has 吉 (good luck), and 洄 has 回 (return). Pay attention to the bottom part: 渖 ends with a '口' inside the roof, not a '吉' or '回'.

渖 is rare in everyday conversation and is mostly found in classical or literary Chinese, especially in calligraphy terms like 墨渖 (ink stains). It is not in the HSK list, so you will mostly encounter it in art books, historical texts, or discussions about traditional ink and paper.

Common words containing 渖 include: 墨渖 (mò shěn) — ink stains; 渖液 (shěn yè) — Fluid or juice; 汁渖 (zhī shěn) — Juice or fluid.