noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.), infiltration (e.g. of ideas), spread, penetration (e.g. into a market), pervasion.
  2. permeation (of a liquid, etc.), soaking, percolation.
  3. Chemistry term, biology term.osmosis.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
浸透 しんとう
滲透 しんとう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

immersed, soak, dip
ひた.す シン つ.かる (Early Jr. High, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
to invade
snout, hand
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
transparent, permeate, filter
トウ とう.る す.く (Early Jr. High, N1)
excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (Early Jr. High, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)