滅
perish; destroy; ruin; overthrow
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1222.
Readings
- メツ (on reading): 消滅 (しょうめつ) extinction; 絶滅 (ぜつめつ) extinction
- ほろぼす (kun reading): 滅ぼす (ほろぼす) to destroy; 攻め滅ぼす (せめほろぼす) to attack and overthrow
- ほろぶ (kun reading): 滅ぶ (ほろぶ) to go to ruin; 雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ (めんどりうたえばいえほろぶ) women should not rule over men
- ほろびる (kun reading): 滅びる (ほろびる) to go to ruin; 滅びゆく (ほろびゆく) perishing
Components
- 氵
- 戌
- 火
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
- 戈 radical halberd
- 火 radical fire
Words using 滅
- 消滅 (しょうめつ) extinction
- 絶滅 (ぜつめつ) extinction
- 壊滅 (かいめつ) (complete) destruction
- 滅亡 (めつぼう) downfall
- 破滅 (はめつ) ruin
- 滅ぼす (ほろぼす) to destroy
- 攻め滅ぼす (せめほろぼす) to attack and overthrow
- 罪滅ぼし (つみほろぼし) atonement (for one's sins)
- 打ち滅ぼす (うちほろぼす) to destroy
- 討ち滅ぼす (うちほろぼす) to destroy
- 滅ぶ (ほろぶ) to go to ruin
- 雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ (めんどりうたえばいえほろぶ) women should not rule over men
- 滅びる (ほろびる) to go to ruin
- 滅びゆく (ほろびゆく) perishing
- 滅入る (めいる) to feel depressed
- 気が滅入る (きがめいる) to feel depressed
126 words in all.