Medoru
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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)
絶滅危険種 ぜつめつきけんしゅ

endangered species

一家全滅 いっかぜんめつ

entire family is affected (disease, etc.)

絶滅危機 ぜつめつきき

endangerment (of a species)

討滅 とうめつ

destroying

乾熱滅菌 かんねつめっきん

dry-heat sterilization

放射線滅菌 ほうしゃせんめっきん

radiation sterilization

大量絶滅 たいりょうぜつめつ

extinction event

消滅危機言語 しょうめつききげんご

near-extinct language

尽滅 じんめつ

annihilation

素敵滅法 すてきめっぽう

very lovely

自然消滅 しぜんしょうめつ

natural extinction

汚職撲滅 おしょくぼくめつ

eradication of corruption

大絶滅 たいぜつめつ

mass extinction

仏滅紀元 ぶつめつきげん

Buddhist calendar

大義親を滅す たいぎしんをめっす

to sacrifice family for a greater cause

滅す めっす

to be destroyed

吸収合併消滅会社 きゅうしゅうがっぺいしょうめつがいしゃ

absorbed company

消滅会社 しょうめつがいしゃ

absorbed company

心頭を滅却すれば火もまた涼し しんとうをめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし

if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool

心頭滅却すれば火もまた涼し しんとうめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし

if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool

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