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滅

滅 (destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish)

  • JLPT N1
  • 13 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 水
  • #1222 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
メツ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
ほろ.びるほろ.ぶほろ.ぼす

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

部隊ぶたいは全滅ぜんめつした。

The troop was altogether destroyed.

人ひとの魂たましいは不滅ふめつだ。

A person's soul is immortal.

肉体にくたいは滅ほろんでいく。

The flesh is mortal.

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