染

Glyph origin
– to hang (on a hook 九) from a tree (木) into water (氵), so as to dye.

Earlier forms more often graphically ; in the modern form, the water radical is moved upward to the upper-left corner.

Etymology
compares this to 🇨🇬; also notes 🇨🇬 as well as 🇨🇬, both meaning "to dye".

cites 's opinion that form with tone is the verb, while form with  tone is the noun meaning "kind of cloth".

Definitions

 * 1) to dye
 * 2) to catch ; to fall into
 * : Ran
 * 1) to catch ; to fall into
 * : Ran
 * : Ran

Kanji

 * 1) dye, color, paint, stain, print

Etymology
From.