滅
meaningdestroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
- On'yomi
- メツ
- Kun'yomi
- ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
- Strokes
- 13
- Taught in
- Secondary school (jōyō)
- Frequency
- #1222 most common in newspapers
Words it lives in
滅
- 絶滅ぜつめつextinction
- 消滅しょうめつextinction
- 壊滅かいめつdestruction
- 撲滅ぼくめつeradication
- 隠滅いんめつdestruction
- 破滅はめつruin
- 自滅じめつself-destruction
- 滅亡めつぼうdownfall
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