Results, 溺れる者は藁をも掴む

おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ【おぼれるものはわらをもつかむoborerumonohawarawomotsukamu】おぼれる者は藁をもつかむ・溺れる者は藁をも掴む

expression:

  • a drowning man will catch at a straw - proverb

Kanji definition:

溺
常用中学校

デキDEKI・ジョウJOU・ニョウNYOU・いばりibari・おぼれるobo.reru

drown; indulge

Strokes:
13
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-10
UTF:
6eba
JIS208:
37-14
Hangul:
닉 [nig] ・ 뇨 [nyo]
Pinyin:
nì / niào
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
溺れ損なう【おぼれそこなうoboresokonau】
to come near being drowned
溺れ込む【おぼれこむoborekomu】
to drown; to get addicted; to become infatuated
溺死【できしdekishi】
death by drowning
溺水【できすいdekisui】
drowning
惑溺【わくできwakudeki】
being addicted or given over to
者
常用３年JLPTN4

シャSHA・ものmono

someone; person

Strokes:
8
Radical:
耂老⺹ old
SKIP:
4-8-2
UTF:
8005
JIS208:
28-52
Hangul:
자 [ja]
Pinyin:
zhě
Stroke order:
Example words:
患者【かんじゃkanja】
patient
記者【きしゃkisha】
reporter
容疑者【ようぎしゃyougisha】
suspect (person)
業者【ぎょうしゃgyousha】
trader; dealer; businessman; vendor; supplier; manufacturer; / fellow trader; people in the same trade
労働者【ろうどうしゃroudousha】
employee; worker; / laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
藁
人名用

コウKOU・わらwara

straw

Strokes:
17
Radical:
艹艸䒑 grass
SKIP:
2-4-14
UTF:
85c1
JIS208:
47-46
Hangul:
고 [go]
Pinyin:
gǎo
Stroke order:
Example words:
藁しべ【わらしべwarashibe】
central stalk of a dried rice plant
藁沓【わらぐつwaragutsu】
straw boots
藁半紙【わらばんしwarabanshi】
straw paper
藁葺き【わらぶきwarabuki】
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
藁苞【わらづとwarazuto】
straw wrapper
掴

カクKAKU・つかむtsuka.mu・つかまえるtsuka.maeru・つかまるtsuka.maru

catch; seize; grasp; hold; arrest; capture

➜
摑
Strokes:
11
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
1-3-8
UTF:
63b4
JIS208:
36-47
Hangul:
귁 [gwig]
Pinyin:
guó / guāi
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
掴まえる【つかまえるtsukamaeru】
to catch; to arrest; to seize
空を掴む【くうをつかむkuuwotsukamu】
to grasp at the air
掴みかかる【つかみかかるtsukamikakaru】
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
掴み出す【つかみだすtsukamidasu】
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; / to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
掴み取る【つかみとるtsukamitoru】
to grasp; to get

Kanji

溺

デキDEKI・ジョウJOU・ニョウNYOU・いばりibari・おぼれるobo.reru

drown; indulge

者

シャSHA・ものmono

someone; person


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