滅
meaningdestroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
- On'yomi
- メツ
- Kun'yomi
- ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
- Strokes
- 13
- Taught in
- Junior high (jōyō)
- Frequency
- #1222 most common in newspapers
Where you have seen it
Everyday words with 滅
滅
- 隠滅いんめつdestruction (esp. of evidence)
- 壊滅かいめつ(complete) destruction
- 自滅じめつself-destruction
- 消滅しょうめつextinction
- 絶滅ぜつめつextinction
- 全滅ぜんめつtotal destruction
- 点滅てんめつswitching on and off (of a light)
- 破滅はめつruin