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滅

JLPT N1 13 strokes Frequency: #1222

Meanings

Destroy, Ruin, Overthrow, Perish

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵烕

Etymology

Ideographic: To extinguish a flame 烕 with water 氵; 烕 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-to-bottom

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal top-to-bottom

10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

11 hook right-to-left

12 diagonal right-to-left

13 dot right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

メツ metsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほろ horo

Words Using This Kanji

108 words total

Other (20 words)

absurd

thoughtless

in chaos

extraordinarily

extinguishment

downfall

reckless

annihilation

to go to ruin

defacement

to destroy

rarely

wiping out

flickering

achieving nirvana

selflessness

selfless devotion

sterilization

extinction

(complete) destruction

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