| Kanji | 滅 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 水 |
| 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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