Kanji 滅

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Words with 滅

• 絶滅

  ぜつめつ

  destruction, extinction

  N3

• 滅多に

  めったに

  rarely (with neg. verb), seldom

  N3

• 全滅

  ぜんめつ

  annihilation

  N1

• 滅亡

  めつぼう

  downfall, collapse, destruction

  N1

• 滅びる

  ほろびる

  to be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed

  N1

• 滅ぼす

  ほろぼす

  to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin

  N1

Example sentences

• 彼かれは滅多めったに礼拝れいはいに行いかない。

  He seldom goes to church.

• 恐竜きょうりゅうは大昔おおむかしに絶滅ぜつめつした。

  Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.

• その町まちの住人じゅうにんは全滅ぜんめつした。

  The population of the town was wiped out.

Look-alike kanji

Kanji with similar components or shapes that are easy to mix up when reading and writing.

Other kanji with radical “water” 水