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RTK / HeisigFrame #763

drown

Lv 52

Strokes: 7

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

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drown RTKDie

Community Mnemonic

730 votes

(Note: this kanji is more collapse/cave-in/ (#1888) than humans drowning) A water missile? A torpedo! And when it hits it's target? The ship collapses then sinks and everyone drowns!

Source: Kanji Koohii community

On'yomi

ぼつもつ

Kun'yomi

おぼしずない

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