滴
滴 — Drip
drip, drop
On’yomiテキ (teki)
Kun’yomiしずく (shizuku)
Kun’yomiしたたる (shitataru)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 滴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 点滴 | てんてき tenteki | raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip |
| 水滴 | すいてき suiteki | drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water |
| 滴 | しずく shizuku | drop (e.g. of water); drip |
| 一滴 | いってき itteki | one drop (of fluid) |
Study notes
滴 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2019 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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