get wet
N3- Onyomi
- ジュ
- Kunyomi
- ぬ(れる)
- Stroke count
- 17
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 濡 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge. Picture rain falling from a cloud onto a rippling pond, put 濡 inside it, and let that scene stand for "get wet" — get wet. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 17
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は17画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 17 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
濡れる
nureru
to get wet
濡れて
nurete
get wet — te-form
濡れます
nuremasu
get wet — polite present
濡れました
nuremashita
get wet — polite past
濡れません
nuremasen
get wet — polite negative
濡れたいです
nuretaidesu
get wet — want to ~
Example sentences (5)
雨で靴が濡れました。
あめ で くつ が ぬれました。
ame de kutsu ga nuremashita.
My shoes got wet in the rain.
傘を持っていかないと、濡れてしまいますよ。
かさ を もって いかない と、ぬれて しまいます よ。
kasa o motte ikanai to, nurete shimaimasu yo.
If you do not take an umbrella, you will get soaked.
濡れた葉を踏むと滑りやすいので、注意してください。
ぬれた は を ふむ と すべりやすい ので、ちゅうい して ください。
nureta wa o fumu to suberiyasui node, chuui shite kudasai.
It is easy to slip when you step on wet leaves, so please be careful.
床が濡れているので、滑らないように気をつけてください。
ゆか が ぬれている ので、すべらない よう に き を つけて ください。
yuka ga nureteiru node, suberanai you ni ki o tsukete kudasai.
The floor is wet, so please be careful not to slip.
帰る途中で雨が降ってきたので、濡れてしまいました。
かえる とちゅう で あめ が ふって きた ので、ぬれて しまいました。
kaeru tochuu de ame ga futte kita node, nurete shimaimashita.
It started raining on my way home, so I got wet.