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湎 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
メン・ベンめん・べん · men · ben
Kun
おぼ.れる・しず.むobo.reru · shizu.mu
Meaning
to be sunk in drink

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 面 as phonetic: to be drowned in drink.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沈湎ちんめん

    being sunk in drink

  • 湎れるおぼれる

    to be drowned in

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

酒色(しゅしょく)に沈湎(ちんめん)して家(いえ)を失(うしな)う。

Sunk in drink and pleasure, they lost the house.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

沈湎湎沈sink汕nettin…汨to sin…沍to fre…沂a rive…沁to soa…抃to cla…泯to die…眄to loo…俛to bow…冕ceremo…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading メンAll maps

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