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滅 = 水 + 戌 + 火
滅 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “destroy”. It is built from 水 (water), 戌 (march) and 火 (fire). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 390.
- Keyword
- destroy
- RTK frame
- 390
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- メツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- разрушать
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 滅 extinguish
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 滅 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “march” + “fire”. 滅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 滅 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.