漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
溺: drown, indulge
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 弱 is drawn in
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
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Two readings, and the words that use each
デキdeki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 溺愛できあいinfatuation; adoration; blind love
- 溺死できしdeath by drowning
おぼれるoboreru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 溺れるおぼれるto struggle in the water; to be drowning
Also read ジョウ, ニョウ, いばり, 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.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read デキ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nì
Same form: 溺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 溺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 溺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin nì 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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