KanjiN1Secondary school · 中学13 strokesRadical 水

滅 · destroy, ruin

滅 is a kanji meaning destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish. It has 13 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

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In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 滅
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
滅多にめったに	めったに	rarely (with neg. verb), seldom	N3
絶滅ぜつめつ	ぜつめつ	destruction, extinction	N3
全滅ぜんめつ	ぜんめつ	annihilation	N1
滅びるほろびる	ほろびる	to be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed	N1
滅ぼすほろぼす	ほろぼす	to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin	N1
滅亡めつぼう	めつぼう	downfall, collapse, destruction	N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

13 strokes