How to Write 溻 (tā) — Meaning “to soak through (with sweat)”

Imagine you are so sweaty that your shirt is soaked through — you say 'Ta!' in surprise. Visualize the left side as water droplets (氵) and the right side as a net (罒) catching feathers (羽) that represent droplets of sweat.

Write the left radical 氵 as three dots first, then the right side: start with 罒 (a net shape, five strokes) and finish with 羽 (feathers). A common mistake is making the 罒 too wide; keep it compact so the whole character stays balanced. The two parts of 羽 should be similar in size but the left half slightly smaller.

溻 (tā) means 'soaked through with sweat', 涪 (fú) is a river name in Sichuan, and 涫 (guàn) means 'to boil'. Visually, 溻 has a right side with 罒 and 羽, while 涪 has 咅 (a sound component) and 涫 has 官. Their meanings are completely unrelated, so context (such as talking about sweat or heat) helps identify 溻.

溻 is a colloquial character mostly used in northern Chinese dialects to describe clothes or skin soaked through with sweat, as in 汗溻湿了衬衫 (sweat soaked the shirt through). It is not common in formal writing or HSK vocabulary but appears in everyday speech during hot summer days. You might hear people say '衣服都汗溻了' to complain about heavy sweating.

Common words containing 溻 include: 汗溻 (hàn tā) — soaked with sweat; 溻湿 (tā shī) — soaked with sweat; 溻透 (tā tòu) — completely soaked through (with sweat).