Memory phrase for the character: 溺

溺

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Meaning to drown, to indulge, addicted to, to spoil (a child)

Pronunciation

nì, niào

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: weak 弱 (Two bows 弓 with ice 冫are too weak.)

Mnemonic
 
If you are in the water and get weak, you will drown.

Radicals

氵 Water
弓 bow
冫 iceThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
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 Vocabulary

耽溺 dān nì  indulge
溺死 nì sǐ  to drown
自溺 zì nì  to drown oneself
自溺 zì nì  

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