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溺

溺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「弱」。「おぼれる」を意味する漢語｛溺｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

drown, indulge

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • デキJHS
  • ジョウ
  • ニョウ
Kun (native)
  • いばり
  • おぼ(れる)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音ni4
  • 拼音niao4
  • 한글nig
  • 한글nyo
  • Hán-ViệtNịch
  • Hán-ViệtNiệu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+6EBA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵弱

Words using this kanji

  • 溺れるおぼれる詳細は おぼれる を参照。to struggle in the water, to be drowning, to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe, to indulge in
  • 溺愛できあいむやみに可愛がること。infatuation, adoration, blind love, doting (on a child)
  • 溺死できし水に溺れて死亡すること。水死。death by drowning
  • 溺水できすい水中などで溺れ、気管の中に液体が入り窒息の状態になること。drowning
  • 溺死体できしたいdrowned body
  • 溺死者できししゃdrowned person
  • 溺らすおぼらすto drown, to cause to be indulged or addicted
  • 溺れ谷おぼれだにdrowned valley, ria
  • 溺れ込むおぼれこむto drown, to get addicted, to become infatuated
  • 溺れ死ぬおぼれしぬto die by drowning, to drown
  • 溺れ死におぼれじにdeath by drowning
  • 溺れ損なうおぼれそこなうto come near being drowned
  • 溺れる者は藁をも掴むおぼれるものはわらをもつかむa drowning man will clutch at a straw

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
3712.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a10.1
Heisig
1324
Nelson
2652