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Water 没 ボツ、モツ おぼ.れる、しず.む、ない Drown Sink Hide Fall

Kanji
Onyomi ボツ、モツ
Kunyomi おぼ.れる、しず.む、ない
English drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die
Examples 沈没(ちんぼつ): sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
没落(ぼつらく): ruin; fall; collapse
没収(ぼっしゅう): forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1385
Components 水: water
殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword drown
Koohii Story 1 (Note: this kanji is more collapse/cave-in/sink (#1888) than humans drowning) A water missile? A torpedo! And when it hits it´s target? The ship collapses then sinks and everyone drowns!
Koohii Story 2 The submarine´s hull was breached after being struck by a torpedo ("water missile"), causing the entire crew to drown.
RTK Index 707

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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