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滅

Kanji 滅: meaning "destroy, perish", readings, stroke order

The kanji 滅 means "destroy, perish". On'yomi: メツ; kun'yomi: ほろびる、ほろぼす. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
destroy, perish
On'yomi
メツ
Kun'yomi
ほろびるほろぼす
Strokes
13
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 滅

  • 滅多に めったに — rarely (with neg. verb), seldom
  • 絶滅 ぜつめつ — destruction, extinction
  • 全滅 ぜんめつ — annihilation
  • 滅びる ほろびる — to be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed
  • 滅ぼす ほろぼす — to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin
  • 滅亡 めつぼう — downfall, collapse, destruction

Stroke order · 13 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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