Meanings
Destroy, Ruin, Overthrow, Perish
Radicals
Decomposition
βΏ°ζ°΅η
Etymology
Ideographic: To extinguish a flameΒ η with waterΒ ζ°΅;Β η also provides the pronunciation
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Words Using This Kanji
108 words totaleverlasting
freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
Critically Endangered (conservation status)
exterminatory measure
everlasting
don't be absurd
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
to be destroyed
very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
extremely
to feel depressed
neither arising nor ceasing
truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
expiation
annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
destruction
extinctive prescription
the law of arising and ceasing
sterilant
Extinct in the Wild (conservation status)