# 溺 — Drown

Frequency rank 2234 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 脊 (Stature), less common than 煎 (Roast).

- On’yomi: でき
- Kun’yomi: おぼ
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level XVIII of XX

Your younger brother falls into a tsunami and starts to drown — you dive in to save him!

In words:

- 溺れる おぼれる — to be drowned,to indulge in

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