Kanji

溺

drown, indulge

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

デキ, ジョウ, ニョウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いばり, おぼれる

Example sentences

溺れる おぼれる
彼は海で溺れそうになった。

He almost drowned in the sea.

溺愛 できあい
彼は一人娘を溺愛している。

He dotes on his only daughter.

舐犢之愛 しとくのあい
母親の盲目的な溺愛は、まさに舐犢之愛といえる。

The mother's blind doting was truly a case of 'shitokunoai'.

溺死 できし
川で溺死する事故が発生した。

An accident of drowning occurred in the river.

耽溺 たんでき
彼は読書に耽溺して、夜が明けるのも忘れていた。

He was so absorbed in reading that he forgot it was dawn.

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