Japanese symbol for “annihilating”
討滅
とうめつ
Romaji: toumetsu
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
In Japanese, annihilating is 討滅, read とうめつ (toumetsu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs destroying; annihilating; eradicating
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 検討 | けんとう kentou | consideration; examination; investigation |
| 討論 | とうろん touron | debate; discussion |
| 討議 | とうぎ tougi | debate; discussion |
| 討つ | うつ utsu | to attack; to destroy; to defeat |
| 掃討 | そうとう soutou | cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up |
| 討伐 | とうばつ toubatsu | subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing |
| 消滅 | しょうめつ shoumetsu | extinction; extinguishment; disappearance |
| 破滅 | はめつ hametsu | ruin; destruction; fall |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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