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Strokes
滅
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
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- Kun
- ほろびる · ほろぶ · ほろぼすhorobiru · horobu · horobosu
- On
- メツmetsu
- Radical
- 水water
- Parts
- 氵waterform of 水火fire戈halberd
Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.