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滅

destroy
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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Kun readingほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. destroyRtK
  2. ruin
  3. overthrow
  4. perish

Popular Usage

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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

隠滅いんめつ
destruction (esp. of evidence)
壊滅かいめつ
(complete) destruction
撃滅げきめつ
destruction
幻滅げんめつ
disillusionment
攻め滅ぼすせめほろぼす
to attack and overthrow
支離滅裂しりめつれつ
incoherent
自滅じめつ
self-destruction

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Kanji JLPTN5 KanjiN4 KanjiN3 KanjiN2 KanjiN1 Kanji
Verbs JLPTN5 VerbsN4 VerbsN3 VerbsN2 VerbsN1 Verbs
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