滴 — drip, drop

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• てき teki

Kun'yomi

• しずく shizuku
• したた.る shitata.ru

Words that use 滴

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 滴 てき counter for drops of liquid JLPT N2
• 水滴 すいてき drop of water JLPT N2
• 滴 しずく drop (e.g. of water) JLPT N1