Character · Actions
入
わけいって wakeitteいれよ ireyoいって itteしみいる shimiiru
to enter
Composition
Origin
Two strokes converge to a point: a debated figure, writing from the start the act of entering.
In the thoughts
- 入れよireyoadd
- 入ってitteentering
- しみ入るshimiirusinks into
- 入らずんばirazunbawithout entering
- 分け入ってwakeittepushing deeper
- 直入chokunyūentering straight
Proverbs carrying this character
- 025 念には念を入れよ To care, add care.
- 052 郷に入っては郷に従え In the village, follow the village ways.
- 161 閑さや岩にしみ入る蝉の声 Such stillness — the cicadas' cry sinks into the rocks.
- 182 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず You cannot take the tiger's cub without entering its den.
- 234 分け入っても分け入っても青い山 However deep I go, and deeper still — blue mountains.
- 239 単刀直入 Entering alone, blade drawn, straight to the point.