滴
drip, drop
Readings
On'yomi
- テキ
Kun'yomi
- しずく
- したた.る
Meaning
滴 centers on a small amount of liquid falling or forming: a drip or a drop.
Most common words using 滴
20 of 38- 滴しずくN1
drop (e.g. of water); drip
- 点滴てんてきN1
raindrops; falling drop of water
- 一滴いってき
one drop (of fluid)
- 水滴すいてきN2
drop of water
- 滴るしたたる
to drip; to drop; to trickle
- 滴下てきか
drip; drop; distill
- キレート滴定キレートてきてい
chelatometric titration
- 余滴よてき
drippings
- 大海一滴たいかいいってき
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
- 山滴るやましたたる
mountain in the summertime covered in plant life; overflowing mountain
- 数滴すうてき
several drops
- 水も滴るみずもしたたる
to be splendidly handsome
- 油滴ゆてき
drop of oil
- 涓滴岩を穿つけんてきいわをうがつ
slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone
- 涙滴型るいてきがた
teardrop-shaped
- 涙滴状るいてきじょう
teardrop shaped
- 液滴えきてき
droplet
- 滴てき
counter for drops of liquid
- 滴々てきてき
dripping; trickling
- 滴らすしたたらす
to dribble; to drip; to drop
Study
Etymology
滴 combines 氵 (water) with 啇, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a small unit, together suggesting a drop of water.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 on the left and a shape like a small container 啇 on the right: imagine a tiny drop of water forming at the edge of a vessel.
Reading mnemonic
For テキ, picture a single drop of water hitting a metal surface with a sharp 'tek' sound: tek -> テキ.