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没

drown
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingボツ、モツ
Kun readingおぼ.れる、しず.む、ない
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. drownRtK
    あそこは痴漢がよく出没する公園だ。That is the park infested with perverts.tatoeba
    かつてこの海域には海賊がよく出没していた。Pirates once appeared frequently in this area of the sea.tatoeba
  2. sink
  3. hide
  4. fall into
  5. disappear
  6. die
  1. death
  2. rejection (of a manuscript, etc.)
  3. lacking
  4. without

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · cruise missile · missile · wind (風) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 763

Compound words

陥没かんぼつ
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
出没しゅつぼつ
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
戦没せんぼつ
death in battle; killed in action
沈没ちんぼつ
sinking; foundering; going down; submersion; getting dead drunk
日没にちぼつ
sunset
没収ぼっしゅう
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
没頭ぼっとう
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
没落ぼつらく
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
埋没まいぼつ
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
没後ぼつご
after death; posthumously
収没しゅうぼつ
confiscation of possessions
水没すいぼつ
submergence
戦没者せんぼつしゃ
persons who have fallen in battle
神出鬼没しんしゅつきぼつ
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments
没頭するぼっとうする
to immers
戦没者追悼せんぼつしゃついとう
war memorial
戦没者追悼式せんぼつしゃついとうしき
memorial service for the war dead
戦没者追悼記念日せんぼつしゃついとうきねんび
Memorial Day (US)

Additional Examples

彼は読書に没頭した。
He devoted himself to reading books.tatoeba
彼は大学を出てからずっと原子力の研究に没頭している。
He has been devoted to the study of atomic energy ever since he graduated from the university.tatoeba
彼は俗事をかえりみず研究に没頭した。
He applied himself to his study, without thought for his normal life.tatoeba
彼は自己を没却する男ではない。
He knows how to assert himself.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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Practice Writing

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