Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 滲 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 643, Entry 35 Pronounced sèn. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To seep downward. Sima Xiangru, Fengshan Shu (Treatise on the Sacrifices to Heaven and Earth): The rich liquid seeps and drips. Also, senli, the appearance of flowing. Yang Xiong, Hedong Fu (Rhapsody on Hedong): The marshes flow and descend. Also, the name of a marsh. Mu Tianzi Zhuan (Biography of King Mu, Son of Heaven): On the day of jiachen, hunted at Sen Marsh. Also pronounced sēn. Linsen, the appearance of feathers when they first begin to grow. Mu Hua, Hai Fu (Rhapsody on the Sea): Young cranes with emerging feathers. Also pronounced qīn. Same as the character for soak. To soak or gradually infect. Sometimes written as a variant form (shèn).