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On'yomi
ボツ・モツ
BOTSU / MOTSU
Kun'yomi
おぼ.れる・しず.む・ない
oboreru / shizumu / nai

drown · sink · hide · fall into · disappear · die

dark

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Strokes7
Frequency#1385
Radicalwater(4)

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Component Breakdown

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water + weapon

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of water and weapon. Sinking into water.

Symbolism

Downfall, confiscation, submerge. Represents sinking.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

神出鬼没

しんしゅつきぼつ

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom; appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments

出没自在

しゅつぼつじざい

appearing and disappearing at will; elusive; phantom-like; appearing and disappearing at will

没風流漢

ぼつふうりゅうかん

prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine; prosaic person

没分暁漢

ぼつぶんぎょうかん

obstinate person; blockhead; obstinate person