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没 means 'sink'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1391   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-20    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 35 words   Used in 66 words   Used in 4 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ボツ
Additional readings
On    モツ
Kun    おぼれる   しずむ   ない
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 没 - click the badge to download
As the abundant sample sentences show, 没 enables you to talk about passing out drunk, dropping a phone in the toilet, having things confiscated or rejected, lacking a personality, and going down with a sinking ship. Nevertheless, 没 strikes me as a happy kanji! It's strongly associated with sunsets, and it appears in words for "immersion" (e.g., losing oneself in blissful pursuits).
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The essay is also included in the following Thematic Bundles
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Drunk as a Skunk
蛇 酔 没 虎
This bundle presents not only inebriated people but also drunk "animals." The Japanese associate heavy drinkers with 蛇 (because of wordplay and because a giant snake can swallow a lot at once) and with 虎 (given that excessive alcohol makes folks as wild as fierce tigers). But drunks classified as 蛇 versus 虎 behave differently; one is far more annoying. Regarding bad behavior while drunk, the 酔 essay paints a full picture, from driving while sloshed to annoying God! And the 没 essay touches on passing out from drinking ("falling into a sea of drunkenness") and liquor as one's downfall.
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Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  殳 lance shaft  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 没 is used 6 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 没 is used 62 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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ボツ : 51 words FIND ALL
ち ん ぼ つ 0
1. sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
2. getting dead drunk  (colloquialism)
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ボツ (read as ぼっ) : 7 words FIND ALL
ぼ っ し ゅ う 0
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
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モツ (read as もっ) : 3 words FIND ALL
1. to sink; to go down; to set  (see also: 没する; archaic)
2. to pass away; to die
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モツ : 1 word FIND ALL
も つ や く 0
noun
myrrh  (see also: ミルラ)
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An additional 4 less common words include 没 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1823  Joy o' Kanji : 1823  Key to Kanji: - 

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没
ボツ    sink   
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殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
氵
スイ   みず water   
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