潰 – crush, smash, break

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 潰 means crush, smash, break, dissipate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ、エ (kai, e); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つぶ.す、つぶ.れる、つい.える (tsubusu, tsubureru, tsuieru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
On’yomi	エ	e
Kun’yomi	つぶ.す	tsubusu
Kun’yomi	つぶ.れる	tsubureru
Kun’yomi	つい.える	tsuieru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 貝・目・ハ・汁・十・口・｜・一.

Words using 潰

潰すつぶすto smash潰れるつぶれるto be crushed

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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