Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8

drown, indulge

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

being immersed in water; being drowned
a fast (dissolute) life; a life of follies
drowned person
drowned body
indulgence (in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery
indulgence; addiction
drowning
death by drowning
infatuation; adoration

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe
to come near being drowned
drowned valley; ria
craft brings nothing home; the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
death by drowning
to die by drowning; to drown
to drown
to drown; to get addicted

Example sentences

He drowned in the river.

He's giving himself up to drink.

A number of people were drowned.

Some of the crew were drowned.