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溺

nì, niào

submerge in water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弱 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

弱 sound component

弱  Sound component

ruò

  

weak

Evolution

溺 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
溺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
溺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

溺  

nì

drown; submerge in water; indulge; to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)

溺  

niào

variant of 尿[niào]

Most common words with 溺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

溺水

to drown

沉溺

to indulge in

溺死

to drown

溺

to drown

溺爱

to spoil

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nˤewk

nek

nì

to sink in water

*kə.nˤewk-s

newH

niào

urine


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.1006% of movies

2557th most common character in movies

3291st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+6EBA

Shuowen

“溺，水。自張掖刪丹西至酒泉合黎，餘波入于流沙。从水，弱聲。桑欽所說。”


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