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滴 — 14 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level / 14 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
テキてき · teki
Kun
しずく・したた.るshizuku · shitata.ru
Meaning
drop; drip

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 啇: water falling drop by drop — a drop, to drip.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテキてきteki水滴すいてき点滴てんてき一滴いちてき
Kunしずくshizuku滴しずく
Kunしたたるshitataru滴るしたたる滴りしたたり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 水滴すいてき

    water drop

  • 点滴てんてき

    intravenous drip

More words with this kanji

  • 涓滴けんてき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

葉(は)の先(さき)から水滴(すいてき)が落(お)ちた。

A drop fell from the leaf tip.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

水滴点滴滴水water点dot汗sweat汚dirty沢swamp沈sink泊stay…摘pluck狄a nort…杓ladle迪a way的target
CompoundRadicalReading

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