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Destroy Destruction Water Fire Demolition 滅 メツ ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Kanji
Onyomi メツ
Kunyomi ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
English destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
Examples 絶滅(ぜつめつ): destruction; extinction
滅亡(めつぼう): downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
滅びる(ほろびる): to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
全滅(ぜんめつ): annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
滅多に(めったに): rarely; seldom
滅ぼす(ほろぼす): to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1222
Components 水: water
戍: protection
火: fire
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword destroy
Koohii Story 1 Water flows down to destroy the march of fire.
Koohii Story 2 Use a water cannon to destroy a line of marching fire monsters. I keep mixing this one up with disaster (#167) and demolition (#400). Remember, you DESTROY monsters (think of the Godzilla movie "Destroy All Monsters!"). Fires and floods are natural DISASTERs. And DEMOLITION is something you carefully do while wearing protective garments. (vaguely based on stefanot´s balrog story).
RTK Index (new) 390

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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