Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 13

滅

Meaning in English

destroy, ruin, overthrow

Readings

Onyomi: メツ Kunyomi: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす Romaji: metsu / horo.biru, horo.bu, horo.bosu

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滅

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese destruir, arruinar, derrubar

Spanish destruir, arruinar, derrocar

Korean 파괴하다, 망치다, 전복하다

French détruire, ruiner, renverser

Italian distruggere, rovinare, rovesciare

German zerstören, ruinieren, stürzen

Indonesian menghancurkan, merusak, menggulingkan

★ Vietnamese phá hủy, tàn phá, lật đổ

Thai ทำลาย, ทำให้พังพินาศ, โค่นล้ม

Kanji

Related kanji

N2 温 on / atata.ka, atata.kai, atata.maru, atata.meru, nuku warm, chaud, templado N1 漫 man / midari.ni, sozo.ro cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained N1 漏 rou / mo.ru, mo.reru, mo.rasu leak, escape, time N2 漁 gyo, ryou / asa.ru fishing, fishery, pêcher (en masse) N1 滋 ji, shi nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant N2 湖 ko / mizuumi lake, lac, lago N2 湯 tou / yu hot water, bath, hot spring N1 漂 hyou / tadayo.u drift, float (on liquid), dériver N2 湿 shitsu, shuu / shime.ru, shime.su, uruo.u, uruo.su damp, wet, moist

Word

Words with this kanji

N1 全滅 zemmetsu annihilation N1 滅びる horobiru to be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed N1 滅ぼす horobosu to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin N1 滅亡 metsubou downfall, collapse, destruction N3 滅多に metta ni rarely, seldom, hardly ever N3 絶滅 zetsumetsu extinction, extermination