Kanji · 漢字
滅
Kun ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
On メツ
destroy
destroy · ruin · overthrow · perish
N1
JLPT
13
strokes
#1222
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
Appears in words
隠滅 いんめつ destruction (esp. of evidence)壊滅 かいめつ (complete) destruction幻滅 げんめつ disillusionment自滅 じめつ self-destruction消滅 しょうめつ extinction絶滅 ぜつめつ extinction全滅 ぜんめつ total destruction点滅 てんめつ switching on and off (of a light)破滅 はめつ ruin撲滅 ぼくめつ eradication滅多 めった thoughtless滅茶苦茶 めちゃくちゃ absurd滅亡 めつぼう downfall滅びる ほろびる to go to ruin滅ぼす ほろぼす to destroy滅多に めったに rarely