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	water	The radical sanzui* 氵 is a short form of water 水*
火	fire	Image of a fire
戈	halberd, spear, lance	This radical kanohoko* stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae 弋 Other radicals with weapons are: 矛殳斤*

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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