KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 滅

メツ, ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
This kanji has 13 strokes: 4 strokes in the "water" radical (みず) and 9 other strokes
Sample Compounds (89):
1.

いんめつ

destruction, suppression
2.

めった

thoughtless, reckless, seldom (neg. verb), careless
3.

ぜつめつ

destruction, extinction
4.

かいめつ

destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe
5.

めったに

rarely (with neg. verb), seldom
6.

ぼくめつ

extermination
7.

ぜんめつ

annihilation
8.

げんめつ

disillusionment
9.
びる
ほろびる

to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
10.

てんめつ

switching on and off, flashing, blinking, flickering
11.

じめつ

ruining oneself, destroying oneself
12.
ぼす
ほろぼす

to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
13.

めつぼう

downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
14.

しょうめつ

lapse, annihilation (physics), extinguishment, termination (e.g. of legal representation)
15.

はめつ

ruin, destruction, fall
16.

ひつめつ

mortality
17.

すいめつ

decline, downfall, ruin(ation)
18.

そうめつ

wiping out, annihilation
19.

いんいんめつめつ

gloomy
20.

めっそう

extravagant, absurd
21.

ふきゅうふめつ

everlasting, eternal, immortal, imperishable, undying
22.

しょうじゃひつめつ

All living things must die
23.

てんめつ

complete and utter annihilation
24.

いんいんめつめつ

gloomy
25.
もない
めっそうもない

Don''t be absurd, That''s out of the question, Nonsense, Don''t mention it
26.

ふめつ

immortal, undying, indestructible
27.

しょうめつ

birth and death
28.

せんめつ

extermination, annihilation
29.

ふくめつ

ruination
30.

いんめつ

extinction, destruction
31.

ぶつめつ

Buddha''s death, very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
32.

ぜつめつきぐしゅ

endangered species
33.

かいめつてき

devastating, catastrophic, crushing
34.
にない
めったにない

rare
35.

ぶつめつにち

very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
36.

ぜつめつしゅ

extinct species
37.

くじゅうめつどう

Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
38.
られない
めったにみられないず

seldom seen sight
39.

ぜつめつすんぜん

the point (edge, verge, brink) of extinction
40.

くじゅめつどう

Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
41.

めったにない

rare
42.

ぼくめつうんどう

exterminatory measure, eradication campaign
43.

せんこふめつ

everlasting, unchangeable, immortal
44.

げきめつ

destruction
45.

めったきり

hack to pieces
46.

まめつ

defacement, abrasion, wear and tear, crushing of a nerve
47.

めったうち

shower with blows
48.

まめつ

defacement, abrasion, wear and tear, crushing of a nerve
49.

そうめつ

wiping out, annihilation
50.
ぼす
せめほろぼす

to attack and overthrow, to utterly destroy
51.

めったやたら

reckless, indiscriminate
52.

めいめつ

flickering, blinking
53.

ぞくめつ

putting an entire family to death
54.

ざいしょうしょうめつ

(Buddh) expiation of sins
55.

めちゃ

absurd, ridiculous, nonsense, excessive, extreme
56.
する
めっする

to be destroyed, to perish, to go out (e.g. fire), to destroy, to get rid of, to extinguish
57.
ぼす
うちほろぼす

to destroy
58.
ぼし
つみほろぼし

atonement, expiation
59.

めちゃくちゃ

absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent, extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton, disorder, confusion, mess, wreck
60.
びて
ほろびていくみんぞく

dying race
61.

かいめつ

destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe
62.

しりめつれつ

incoherent, inconsistent, illogical, disorderly, confused, nonsensical
63.

めちゃめちゃ

disorderly, messy, ruined, absurd, unreasonable, excessive, rash
64.

かいめつてき

devastating, catastrophic, crushing
65.

しめつ

extinction, annihilation, destruction
66.

めつど

extinguishing illusion and passing over to Nirvana
67.

ほろぶ

to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
68.

めいる

to feel depressed
69.

てんめつき

electric switch
70.

じゃくめつ

(Buddh) nirvana, death
71.

めっぽう

extraordinary, absurd, very, in chaos, incoherent
72.

めっきゃく

extinguishment, destruction, effacement
73.
ぼす
うちほろぼす

to destroy
74.

じゃくめついらく

Freedom from one''s desires (Entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
75.

めっきん

sterilization, sterilisation
76.

にゅうめつ

dying, entering nirvana, death (of Buddhist saint)
77.

めつれつ

in chaos, incoherent
78.

めっき

gilt, plating, pretense, pretence
79.

しょうこいんめつ

destruction of evidence
80.

めくらめっぽう

(sens) reckless, blind, without knowing, at random
81.

めっさつ

obliteration, annihilation
82.

はいめつ

decay, ruination
83.

じょうじゅうふめつ

everlasting, forever unchanging, undying
84.

れいこんしょうめつ

annihilation
85.

めっし

selflessness, being unselfish
86.

はいめつ

be scattered or crushed in defeat
87.

しんとうめっきゃく

clearing one''s mind of all mundane thoughts
88.

れいこんふめつ

immortality of the soul
89.

めっしほうこう

selfless devotion

Kuten Code: 4439
EUC Code: ccc7
Shift-JIS Code: 96c5
JIS Code: 4c47
Unicode: 6ec5
Radical Index: 85
Frequency Rank: 1222
Jouyou Grade: 8
DeRoo Code: 359
Four Corner code: 3315.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 660
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2660
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 3279
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 1237
"Kanji in Context" Index: 1500
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 475
"Essential Kanji" Index: 1228
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 3a10.26
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 1338
Morohashi Index: 18008
Morohashi Volume.Page: 7.176
Gakken Index: 1848
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 1387
"Japanese Names" Index: 365
Korean Reading: myeol
Pinyin: mie4

Radical Index : : 滅

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