雫 – drop, trickle, dripping

11 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2219 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 雫 means drop, trickle, dripping, (kokuji). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダ (da); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しずく (shizuku). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダ	da
Kun’yomi	しずく	shizuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 雨 (Kangxi radical 173). Components: 雨・丶・一・｜.

Words using 雫

雫しずくdrop (e.g. of water)

Kanji with the same radical

電震露需雨雪零雲雰霊雷霞霧霜霰

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.