滅

Kanji
滅
Level
N3
Meaning
destroy
On'yomi
メツ
Kun'yomi
ほろ.びる,ほろ.ぼす
Strokes
13
Common compounds

滅多に (めったに, rarely), 滅びる (ほろびる, to perish)

Memory hook

Water (氵) and fire (火) combining to destroy a boundary (𡆧).

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