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N1 13 strokes

destroy, ruin, overthrow · tiêu diệt, diệt vong

訓 ほろ(びる),ほろ(ぶ),ほろ(ぼす) ・ 音 メツ

Sino-Vietnamese: diệt

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Water 氵 plus 烕 (fire put out): water extinguishing fire — destruction, as in Vietnamese tiêu diệt (to annihilate).

At a glance

Sino-Vietnamese
diệt
On'yomi
メツ
Kun'yomi
ほろ(びる),ほろ(ぶ),ほろ(ぼす)
Strokes
13
JLPT
N1

On'yomi

メツ

Kun'yomi

ほろ(びる),ほろ(ぶ),ほろ(ぼす)
Sino-Vietnamese: diệt

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Radical

Water (side form)
3 strokes

Example sentences

大雨で作物が全滅した。 (おおあめでさくもつがぜんめつした)

The crops were completely destroyed by heavy rain.