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溺 = 弱 + 水
溺 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “drowning”. It is built from 弱 (weak) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1324.
- Keyword
- drowning
- RTK frame
- 1324
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- デキ, ジョウ, ニョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いばり, おぼ.れる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- drown, тонуть
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 溺 drown
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 溺 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “weak” + “water”. 溺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 溺 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.