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

Related kanji

N1 源 gen / minamoto source, origin, source N2 準 jun / jun.jiru, jun.zuru, nazora.eru, nori, hito.shii, mizumori semi-, correspond to, proportionate to N4 漢 kan Sino-, China, sino- N1 滞 tai, tei / todokoo.ru stagnate, be delayed, overdue N1 滑 katsu, kotsu / sube.ru, name.raka slippery, slide, slip N1 滝 rou, sou / taki waterfall, rapids, cascade N1 溝 kou / mizo gutter, ditch, sewer N2 溶 you / to.keru, to.kasu, to.ku melt, dissolve, thaw N1 漠 baku vague, obscure, desert

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