Meaning of Kanji "滅" ("destroy", "ruin", "perish")

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Meaningdestroy, ruin, perish

Reading Onmetsu (メツ)Kunhoro-biru (ほろ-びる) horo-bosu (ほろ-ぼす)

• common kanji
• Kanji Kentei Level 3

• stroke:13 strokes
• Radical:水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
• Parts:滅, 氵, 烕, 火, 戌, 一, 戊, 戈, 丿

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Related words "滅"

• 不滅 (fumetsu)immortality
• 仏滅 (butsumetsu)Buddha's death
• 全滅 (zemmetsu)annihilation
• 壊滅 (kaimetsu)annihilation, destruction
• 幻滅 (gemmetsu)disillusionment
• 消滅する (shometsusuru)disappear, vanish

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