滅 — kanji meaning “destroy”
滅
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
- Meanings
- destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
- On'yomi
- メツ (metsu)
- Kun'yomi
- ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1222 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- miè — Chinese character page
Words with 滅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消滅 | しょうめつ shoumetsu | extinction; extinguishment; disappearance |
| 破滅 | はめつ hametsu | ruin; destruction; fall |
| 絶滅 | ぜつめつ zetsumetsu | extinction; extermination |
| 滅亡 | めつぼう metsubou | downfall; ruin; collapse |
| 撲滅 | ぼくめつ bokumetsu | eradication; extermination; destruction |
| 全滅 | ぜんめつ zenmetsu | total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation |
| 壊滅 | かいめつ kaimetsu | (complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation |
| 自滅 | じめつ jimetsu | self-destruction; ruining oneself |
| 点滅 | てんめつ tenmetsu | switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking |
| 滅びる | ほろびる horobiru | to go to ruin; to go under; to fall |
| 滅多 | めった metta | thoughtless; reckless; careless |
| 滅ぼす | ほろぼす horobosu | to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck |
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