The kanji 滑 means "to slide," "to slip," or "slippery." It describes the action of moving smoothly over a surface, often with a lack of friction, or the state of something being easily able to slip. It can also imply a smooth or fluent way of doing something, like speaking.

・On-yomi (音読み): カツ (katsu) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): すべ.る (sube.ru) - to slide, to slip; なめ.らか (name.raka) - smooth

⚫︎ 滑りやすい床 Translation: Slippery floor. ⚫︎ 滑走路 Translation: Runway. ⚫︎ 話が滑らかだ Translation: The speech is fluent.

The kanji 滑 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). It combines the radical 氵 (水, mizu), meaning "water," with the phonetic component 骨 (kotsu), meaning "bone". The water radical suggests a connection to smoothness and fluidity, relating to the action of sliding. The phonetic component 骨 contributes the sound. The combination of these elements created the meaning related to sliding and being slippery.