Memory phrase for the character: 潰

潰

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Meaning

devastation, break, crush, smash

Pronunciation

 KAI
tsubu-su, tsubu-reru

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: precious, valuable 貴 (In the middle 中 is one 一 with money 貝: He is valuable!)

Mnemonic
 
By water, even precious things can be devasted.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
貴 precious, valuable
中 middle
貝 moneyShows a cowries-shell, which were used as money.
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 Vocabulary

潰す つぶす  to smash, to waste
潰れる つぶれる  to be smashed, to go bankrupt
胃潰瘍 いかいよう  stomach ulcer, gastric ulcer

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