滅 — destroy, ruin, overthrow

ほろびる滅 destroy

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+6EC5 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1222 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #390 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

destroy
ruin
overthrow
perish

word

ほろ horo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

滅(ほろ) びる horobiru to perish 滅(ほろ) ぼす horobosu to destroy

めつ metsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

消(しょう) 滅(めつ) shoumetsu extinction 絶(ぜつ) 滅(めつ) zetsumetsu extinction 破(は) 滅(めつ) hametsu ruin 壊(かい) 滅(めつ) kaimetsu annihilation 撲(ぼく) 滅(めつ) bokumetsu eradication 全(ぜん) 滅(めつ) zenmetsu annihilation 滅(めつ) 亡(ぼう) metsubou destruction

めっ me Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

滅(めっ) 多(た) に mettani seldom

Appears in idioms

生者必滅四字熟語

life, someone, invariably, destroy

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

戌 11th earthly branch

ひ火 fire #86

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