滅

destroy

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingメツ

Kun readingほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

destroyRtK
彼は不滅の栄冠を得た。He was crowned with eternal victory.tatoeba
彼は自分の行いのために身を滅ぼした。His actions damned him.tatoeba
ruin
彼は酒で身を滅ぼした。Drinking was his ruin.tatoeba
overthrow
perish

to go to ruin
to go under
to fall
to be destroyed
to die out

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical水water 氵variant 氺variant

Components

How it's built

滅

Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · march · fire (火)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 390

Compound words

絶滅ぜつめつ

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

隠滅いんめつ

destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment

壊滅かいめつ

(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

幻滅げんめつ

disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment

自滅じめつ

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

消滅しょうめつ

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination

全滅ぜんめつ

total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; being wiped out; total defeat

点滅てんめつ

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

破滅はめつ

ruin; destruction; fall

撲滅ぼくめつ

eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

滅多めった

thoughtless; reckless; careless; rash; ordinary

滅亡めつぼう

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

滅びるほろびる

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out

滅ぼすほろぼす

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

滅多にめったに

滅茶苦茶めちゃくちゃ

absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent

撃滅げきめつ

潰滅かいめつ

(complete) destruction

剿滅そうめつ

堙滅いんめつ

destruction (esp. of evidence)

殄滅てんめつ

complete and utter annihilation

殲滅せんめつ

殱滅せんめつ

湮滅いんめつ

destruction (esp. of evidence)

Additional Examples

彼は罪滅ぼしに難行苦行をしている。

He is doing penance.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 滅

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step