潰 — kanji meaning “crush”
潰
crush, smash, break, dissipate
- Meanings
- crush, smash, break, dissipate
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)、エ (e)
- Kun'yomi
- つぶ.す、つぶ.れる、つい.える
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- kuì, huì — Chinese character page
Words with 潰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潰す | つぶす tsubusu | to smash; to crush; to flatten |
| 潰瘍 | かいよう kaiyou | ulcer |
| 潰れる | つぶれる tsubureru | to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed |
| 潰れ | つぶれ tsubure | collapse; ruin; destruction |
| 胃潰瘍 | いかいよう ikaiyou | stomach ulcer; gastric ulcer |
| 目潰し | めつぶし metsubushi | sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them |
| 穀潰し | ごくつぶし gokutsubushi | good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat |
| 潰える | ついえる tsuieru | to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through |
| 虱潰し | しらみつぶし shiramitsubushi | very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search |
| すり潰す | すりつぶす suritsubusu | to mash; to grind; to pulverize |
| 潰走 | かいそう kaisou | rout; stampede |
| 顔を潰す | かおをつぶす kaootsubusu | to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish |
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