溺

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to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,781 U+6EBA

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 弱 (phonetic, ruò)

components: 氵弱

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 弱

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 弱 (ruò) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
弱 sound component	ruò	weak, fragile, delicate
搦	nuò	to grasp, to seize; to challenge, to provoke
蒻	ruò	cattail; young rush

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
溺水	nì shuǐ	to drown
自溺	zì nì	to drown oneself
溺死	nì sǐ	to drown
溺爱	nì ài	to spoil; to pamper; to dote on
溺职	nì zhí	to neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty
便溺	biàn niào	to urinate or defecate; urine and feces
沉溺	chén nì	variant of 沉溺[chen2 ni4]
沉溺	chén nì	(fig.) to indulge in; to wallow in (addiction, vice etc); (literary) to sink into water
溺亡	nì wáng	to drown
遇溺	yù nì	(HK) to get into difficulties (in the sea or a swimming pool etc)
溺婴	nì yīng	to drown a newborn baby (as method of infanticide)
宠溺	chǒng nì	to spoil; to indulge
耽溺	dān nì	to indulge in; to wallow in