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ζ»…
JLPT N1 13 strokes Frequency: #1222

Meanings

Destroy, Ruin, Overthrow, Perish

Radicals

ζ°΅

Decomposition

⿰氡烕

Etymology

Ideographic: To extinguish a flame 烕 with waterΒ ζ°΅; 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)
パツ metsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ほろ horo

Words Using This Kanji

108 words total
Other (20 words)
千叀不滅 せんこちめ぀

everlasting

ε―‚ζ»…η‚Ίζ₯½ γ˜γ‚ƒγγ‚γ€γ„γ‚‰γ

freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss

硢滅寸前 γœγ€γ‚γ€γ™γ‚“γœγ‚“

Critically Endangered (conservation status)

撲滅運動 ぼくめ぀うんどう

exterminatory measure

常住不滅 γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ˜γ‚…γ†γ΅γ‚γ€

everlasting

ζ»…η›Έγ‚‚γͺい めっそうもγͺい

don't be absurd

苦集滅道 γγ˜γ‚…γ†γ‚γ€γ©γ†

Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)

滅する めっする

to be destroyed

仏滅ζ—₯ ぢ぀め぀にけ

very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)

ζ»…θŒΆ めっけゃ

extremely

ζ°—γŒζ»…ε…₯γ‚‹ γγŒγ‚γ„γ‚‹

to feel depressed

δΈη”ŸδΈζ»… ちしょうちめ぀

neither arising nor ceasing

滅道 め぀どう

truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering

ζ»…η½ͺ め぀ざい

expiation

ε―ΎζΆˆζ»… ぀いしょうめ぀

annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)

ζ»…ε€± めっし぀

destruction

ζΆˆζ»…ζ™‚εŠΉ γ—γ‚‡γ†γ‚γ€γ˜γ“γ†

extinctive prescription

ζ˜―η”Ÿζ»…ζ³• γœγ—γ‚‡γ†γ‚γ£γ½γ†

the law of arising and ceasing

ζ»…θŒε‰€ めっきんざい

sterilant

ι‡Žη”Ÿη΅Άζ»… γ‚„γ›γ„γœγ€γ‚γ€

Extinct in the Wild (conservation status)