Memory phrase for the character: 滅

滅

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Meaning

destroy, ruin, crumble

Pronunciation

 METSU
horobiru/bosu

Explanation

 From left: water 氵, variation of person 人 (= ノ+一), halberd 戈, fire 火

Mnemonic
 
Water, persons, fire and halberds can be: destructive.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
火 firePicture of a fire
戈 halberd, spear, lanceThis radical kanohoko stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae 弋 Other radicals with weapons are: 矛 殳 斤
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 Vocabulary

全滅 ぜんめつ  annihilation
滅びる ほろびる  to be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed
滅ぼす ほろぼす  to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
滅亡 めつぼう  downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
滅多に めったに  rarely (with neg. verb), seldom
絶滅 ぜつめつ  destruction, extinction

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