漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
没: drown, sink
Also: hide, fall into, disappear, die
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 殳 gives the sound
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ボツbotsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 戦没せんぼつdeath in battle; killed in action
- 没後ぼつごafter death; posthumously
- 日没にちぼつsunset
- 没頭ぼっとうimmersing oneself in; being absorbed in
- 陥没かんぼつcave-in; collapse; sinking
- 沈没ちんぼつ
- 没収ぼっしゅうseizure; confiscation; impounding
- 没落ぼつらくruin; fall; collapse
Also read モツ, おぼれる, しずむ, ない, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 殳 sound family doesn't share one reading.
Also read ボツ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiAlso read モツ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side没 drown · 氵
vs投 throw · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · méi
Same form: 没 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 没 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 没 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin méi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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