Kanji

滴

drip, drop

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

14 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

テキ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しずく, したたる

Common Readings

テキ, しずく, したた…る

Example sentences

一滴 いってき
彼は一滴も酒を飲まない。

He doesn't drink even a single drop of alcohol.

滴る したたる
岩の割れ目から水が滴っている

Water is dripping from the crack in the rock.

水滴 すいてき
窓ガラスに水滴がついている。

There are water drops on the window glass.

滴り落ちる したたりおちる
激しい運動の後、彼の額から汗が滴り落ちていた。

After intense exercise, sweat was dripping from his forehead.

しずく しずく
木の葉から雨のしずくが滴り落ちた

Raindrops dripped from the leaves.

点滴 てんてき
病院で点滴を受けた

I received an IV drip at the hospital.

しずく
葉から水の滴が落ちた。

A drop of water fell from the leaf.

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