溺 — drown, indulge

おぼれる溺 drown

おぼれる

U+6EBA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #1324 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

drown
indulge

Readings

On'yomi: でき deki じょう jou にょう nyou
Kun'yomi: いばり ibari おぼ obo

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おぼ obo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

溺(おぼ) れる oboreru to drown

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Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

よわい弱 weak

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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