# 没 — sink out of sight; pass away

没 means “sink out of sight; pass away”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: ボツ (botsu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: sink out of sight; pass away
- On'yomi: ボツ (botsu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Water & the sea 2

## How to remember 没

Parts: 氵 water · 殳 club

## Don't confuse it with

[投](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/throw/) · [役](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/role/) · [般](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/general-kind/) · [疫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/epidemic/)

## More in the “Water & the sea 2” set

[噴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/erupt/) · [漏](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/leak/) · [潜](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dive/) · [没](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/sink-out-of-sight/) · [浸](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/soak/) · [沼](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/swamp/) · [滝](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/waterfall/) · [漂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/drift/) · [浪](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/wander/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/sink-out-of-sight/. Last updated 2026-11-01.