滅

destroy
ruin
overthrow
perish

On'yomi: メツ
Kun'yomi: ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
Strokes: 13
Radical: 水 (#85)
School grade: secondary (jōyō)
Frequency: #1222 in newspapers

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; ruin; collapse	N1
滅びる	ほろびる	to be ruined; to go under; to perish	N1
滅ぼす	ほろぼす	to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck	N1

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import { findKanji } from 'kotowa';
findKanji('滅');

{
  "character": "滅",
  "level": "N1",
  "strokes": 13,
  "grade": 8,
  "freq": 1222,
  "radical": "水",
  "radical_number": 85,
  "onyomi": [
    "メツ"
  ],
  "kunyomi": [
    "ほろ.びる",
    "ほろ.ぶ",
    "ほろ.ぼす"
  ],
  "meanings": [
    "destroy",
    "ruin",
    "overthrow",
    "perish"
  ],
  "words": [
    "絶滅",
    "滅多に",
    "全滅",
    "滅亡",
    "滅びる",
    "滅ぼす"
  ]
}