Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1385 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die

Kunyomi: おぼ.れる しず.む ない

Onyomi: ボツ モツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ボツ death, rejection (of a manuscript, etc.), lacking, without

ボツゴ after death, posthumously

センボツ death in battle, killed in action

カンボツ cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence

モツヤク myrrh