Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

滑: slippery, slide

Also: slip, fail exam

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 骨 gives the sound

13 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

カツkatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 滑走かっそうgliding; sliding; skating (on ice)
  • 円滑えんかつ
  • 滑降かっこうdescent (esp. in skiing); sliding down
  • 潤滑油じゅんかつゆ
  • 滑走路かっそうろrunway; airstrip; landing strip

コツkotsu · on'yomi

  • 滑稽こっけいfunny; comical; humorous

すべるsuberu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 滑るすべるto slide; to glide; to skate

なめらかnameraka · kun'yomi

  • 滑らかなめらかsmooth (of a surface); glassy; velvety

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
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read コツ

3 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · huá

Same form: 滑 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
滑 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
滑 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin huá 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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