Onyomi: テキ · Kunyomi: しずく, したた.る · Meanings: drip, drop
Kanji for drip, drop
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滴 is formed from the water radical 氵 on the left and the character 啇 on the right. The water radical shows liquid, while 啇 originally relates to sound or something hanging and separating. Together, they describe small amounts of water separating and falling one by one. From this structure, 滴 came to mean drip, drop, or trickle.
滴 shows water separating into small drops, meaning drip or drop.
Think of water (氵) slowly separating and falling drop by drop. Each small falling drop is 滴. Remember 滴 as a single drop dripping from water.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 滴 | しずく | drop (e.g. of water), drip | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 滴 | てき | counter for drops of liquid | Counter |
| 垂らし | たらし | dripping, drop | Noun |
| 滴下 | てきか | drip, drop, distill | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 滴り落ちる | したたりおちる | to trickle down | Ichidan verb |
| 滴定 | てきてい | titration | Noun, Suru verb |
| 滴る | したたる | to drip, to drop, to trickle | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 滴々 | てきてき | dripping, trickling | 'taru' adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle |
| 滴らす | したたらす | to dribble, to drip, to drop | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 滴り | したたり | dripping, drop, trickle | Noun |