溺

nì = ni + Ø4

to drown / to indulge / addicted to / to spoil (a child)

溺

niào = ni + ao4

variant of 尿[niao4]

溺 character breakdown

溺
- 弱
  - 冫
  - 弓
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

弱

ruò = ru + o4

weak / feeble / young / inferior / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

弱 = 冫 + 弓 : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) created a piece of art in the observatory's bathroom (o4). She joined many composite bows (弓) by sticking their ends into popsicles (冫) which weren frozen again afterwards. Her whole construction is a huge armchair, but it is very fragile and weak (弱), so Rachel puts on it many of these "handle with care" stickers.

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

弱

ruò = ru + o4

weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than