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滅

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • destroy
  • ruin
  • overthrow
  • perish

On'yomi (音読み)

  • メツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ほろ.びる
  • ほろ.ぶ
  • ほろ.ぼす
Strokes
13
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#836
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
水#85 · water

Components

Common Words

  • 滅めつNoun
    destruction, ruin, extinction
  • 絶滅ぜつめつNoun
    extinction, extermination
  • 消滅しょうめつNoun
    extinction, extinguishment, disappearance
  • 壊滅かいめつNoun
    (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
  • 撲滅ぼくめつNoun
    eradication, extermination, destruction
  • 破滅はめつNoun
    ruin, destruction, fall
  • 隠滅いんめつNoun
    destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression
  • 全滅ぜんめつNoun
    total destruction, complete destruction, annihilation

Practice in Kanjiru

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