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The kanji 溺: meaning, readings and stroke order
溺
- Meaning
- drown, indulge
- On reading
- デキ deki
- Kun reading
- おぼ（れる） oboreru
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đuối nước, mê đắm (nịch)
- Japanese
- おぼれる。むちゅうに なりすぎる。
- Korean
- 물에 빠지다, 빠져들다 (닉·익)
- Chinese
- 溺水、沉迷
Readings, words and example sentences
デキ deki · on reading · less common
溺愛
doting on, spoiling (a child)
溺愛は かえって よく ありません。
Doting on a child too much can actually do harm.
おぼ（れる） oboreru · kun reading · less common
溺れる
to drown
川で 溺れないよう 気を つけます。
I'm careful not to drown in the river.
Practise writing 溺 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 溺 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 10 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.