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BOTSU


meaning: sink, disappear, die, lack, not

埋没 == maibotsu == (noun that can take する to act as a verb) sumo wrestling
没落 == botsuraku == (noun) ruin, fall, collapse

Left radical is a radical form of 'water'. Right radical is 'strike', the 'axe' radical, and one variant of the 'hand' radical below. Henshall suggests as a mnemonic: 'Strike water and sink, disappear, and die.'

Info from Taka Kanji Database
List of compounds including this character from Risu Dictionary

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