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滴

drip, drop

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes14

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

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  • 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

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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.