溺

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 弱 – water, urinate.

Han character

溺 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水弓一一 (ENMM), four-corner 3712₇)

1. drown
2. submerge in water
3. indulge

References

• KangXi: page 641, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17990
• Dae Jaweon: page 1048, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1710, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6EBA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

溺 (Yale nik6, niu6)

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Japanese

Kanji

溺

Readings

• On: でき (deki), じょう (jō), にょう (nyō)
• Kun: おぼれる (oboreru), いばり (ibari)

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Korean

Hanja

溺 (hangeul 닉>익, 뇨>요, revised nik>ik, nyo>yo, McCune-Reischauer nik>ik, nyo>yo, Yale nik>ik, nyo>yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

溺 (pinyin nì (ni4), niào (niao4), Wade-Giles ni⁴, niao⁴)

Last modified on 11 January 2011, at 12:17