Chinese Character 溺 Meanings and components.

Form

溺

Meaning

溺 meaning[3] in English

To Drown.

To Indulge.

Addicted To.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 溺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and weak (弱)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ENMM

How to write 溺

To write溺ni4to drown you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 弱ruo4weak arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 弱 = 溺

溺 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 溺 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 溺, looks as follow:

溺
Pinyin:ni4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Drown . To Indulge . Addicted To . To Spoil (A Child)
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
弱
Pinyin:ruo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Weak . Feeble . Young . Inferior . (Following A Decimal Or Fraction) Slightly Less Than
𢎥
Pinyin:juan4 Shape:吕
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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