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Kanji Detail for 溺 - "to drown, to indulge"

溺

  • Meaning

    溺 means "to drown, to indulge." Also associated with urine.

    1. To drown - To sink in water; to struggle submerged.

    2. To indulge - To immerse; to become engrossed; to be absorbed.

    3. Urine - To urinate.

  • Words using 溺

    • 溺れる おぼれる Listen to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown

  • Tattoo check: 溺

    • Verified meaning: to drown, to indulge
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: urine

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    drown; indulge

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    drown; submerge in water; indulge

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to spoil, to pamper, to indulge; to drown

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To draw water. To fall into water. | When a person becomes lost in something and does not return, it is also called 溺. As in 溺情聲色 (being addicted to sensual pleasures). | Urine.

  • Onyomi

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    deki(デキ) デキ

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

    nyoh(ニョウ) ニョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    ibari(いばり) いばり

    obo.reru(おぼ-れる) おぼ-れる

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to drown to indulge urine drowning submerge absorbed engrossed engulf immerse sink suffocate urinate fascinated enraptured

Sentences including 溺

  • The boy was all but drowned.

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