滴 means “raindrop, drip”

てき · teki

Also: drop

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

しずく, したたる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

テキ

Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

A single raindrop echoes through a monastery courtyard, sound and silence in harmony.

Represents small moments of profound beauty

Its parts

• 氵 Water · Left side
• 啇 Suitable · Right side

A suitable (啇) amount of water (氵): a drop

Kanji that look like 滴

• 適 (suitable): 滴 has 氵 (water) on the left, 適 has 辶 (road): a water drop vs a suitable path

More from Nature's Poetry

• 霜 frost
• 露 dew
• 氷 ice
• 流 stream
• 沼 marsh
• 泉 spring
• 岸 shore
• 崖 cliff
• 庭 garden
• 枝 branch
• 根 root
• 樹 tree

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.