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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
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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