溺 (nì)
To drown; to indulge; to spoil (a child).
How 溺 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 溺
- Simplified
- 溺 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 弱 N/A
溺 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- nì
- to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)
- niào
- variant of 尿[niao4]
Common words using 溺
- 沉溺 chénnì
- to indulge in; to wallow; absorbed in
- 溺愛 nìài
- to spoil; to pamper; to dote on
- 溺水 nìshuǐ
- to drown
- 溺死 nìsǐ
- to drown
溺 in a sentence
父母如果不小心，很容易溺愛孩子。
Fùmǔ rúguǒ bùxiǎoxīn, hěn róngyì nì'ài háizi.
“If parents aren't careful, it's very easy to spoil their children.”
How common is 溺?
溺 is the 3,285th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 99.4% of all running text.
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