溺 — nik, nyo

Parts that make up 溺

How 溺 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 溺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 弱.

Korean example words with 溺

• 익애溺愛 Korean gloss: 사랑에 빠짐
• 익사溺死 Korean gloss: 물에 빠져 죽음
• 탐닉하다耽溺 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 몹시 즐겨서 거기에 빠지다
• 익수자溺水者 Korean gloss: 물에 빠진 사람
• 익사자溺死者 Korean gloss: 물에 빠져 죽은 사람
• 익사체溺死體 Korean gloss: 물에 빠져 죽은 사람의 시체
• 위닉危溺 Korean gloss: 대단히 고생함.
• 소익燒溺 Korean gloss: 불에 타고 물에 빠짐.
• 몰닉沒溺 Korean gloss: 헤어날 수 없이 깊이 빠짐.
• 익직溺職 Korean gloss: 맡은 직무를 감당하지 못함.
• 익몰溺沒 Korean gloss: 물에 빠져 물속으로 가라앉음.
• 익음溺音 Korean gloss: 사람의 마음을 음탕하게 만드는 소리.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 溺

• 溺れるおぼれる to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe
• 溺愛できあい infatuation; adoration; blind love
• 溺死できし death by drowning
• 溺水できすい drowning
• 惑溺わくでき indulgence; addiction; infatuation
• 耽溺たんでき indulgence (in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation
• 沈溺ちんでき being immersed in water; being drowned; being infatuated
• 溺死体できしたい drowned body
• 溺死者できししゃ drowned person
• 溺らすおぼらす to drown; to cause to be indulged or addicted
• 溺れ谷おぼれだに drowned valley; ria
• 溺れ込むおぼれこむ to drown; to get addicted; to become infatuated

Characters sharing the phonetic 弱

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “약” in Korean.

Other hanja read “닉”

Other hanja with radical 水