潰

crush

Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingカイ、エ

Kun readingつぶ.す、つぶ.れる、つい.える

Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

crush
smash
break
dissipate
defileRtK

RadicalComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · precious · Takanohana · purse · in · one (一) · floor · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1911

Compound words

握り潰しにぎりつぶし

shelving

胃潰瘍いかいよう

stomach ulcer

押し潰すおしつぶす

to crush

暇潰しひまつぶし

killing time

潰滅かいめつ

(complete) destruction

潰乱かいらん

corruption (of order, public morals, etc.)

丸潰れまるつぶれ

complete ruin

Stroke Order

15 strokes