溺 — kanji meaning “drown”
溺
drown, indulge
- Meanings
- drown, indulge
- On'yomi
- デキ (deki)、ジョウ (jou)、ニョウ (nyou)
- Kun'yomi
- いばり、おぼ.れる
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- nì, niào — Chinese character page
Words with 溺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溺れる | おぼれる oboreru | to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe |
| 溺愛 | できあい dekiai | infatuation; adoration; blind love |
| 溺死 | できし dekishi | death by drowning |
| 耽溺 | たんでき tandeki | indulgence (in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation |
| 溺水 | できすい dekisui | drowning |
| 惑溺 | わくでき wakudeki | indulgence; addiction; infatuation |
| 溺れ込む | おぼれこむ oborekomu | to drown; to get addicted; to become infatuated |
| 溺死体 | できしたい dekishitai | drowned body |
| 溺死者 | できししゃ dekishisha | drowned person |
| 溺らす | おぼらす oborasu | to drown |
| 溺れ死ぬ | おぼれしぬ oboreshinu | to die by drowning; to drown |
| 耽溺生活 | たんできせいかつ tandekiseikatsu | a fast (dissolute) life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures |
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