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滅 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
3Junior high level ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
メツめつ · metsu
Kun
ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ・ほろ.ぼすhoro.biru · horo.bu · horo.bosu
Meaning
perish; destroy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 威: water running out entirely — to perish, to destroy.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onメツめつmetsu滅亡めつぼう消滅しょうめつ絶滅ぜつめつ
Kunほろびるhorobiru滅びるほろびる
Kunほろぼすhorobosu滅ぼすほろぼす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 滅亡めつぼう

    downfall; ruin

  • 消滅しょうめつ

    extinction

More words with this kanji

  • 絶滅危惧種ぜつめつきぐしゅ
  • 潰滅かいめつ
  • 剿滅そうめつ
  • 勦滅そうめつ
  • 殄滅てんめつ
  • 殲滅せんめつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

その種(たね)は絶滅(ぜつめつ)の危機(きき)にある。

That species is in danger of extinction.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

滅亡消滅滅亡to die消exting…没sink泌secret…浪waves湾bay湿damp
CompoundRadical

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading メツAll maps

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