EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse

    虎は消滅しかかっている種族である。
    The tiger is a vanishing species.
  2. annihilation

    Physics

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

Kun
き.える、け.す
On
ショウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
345 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3a7.16The Kanji Dictionary
3912.7Four corner code
346deroo
6d88Unicode hex code
1-30-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2574Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3158New Nelson (John Haig)
443New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
531Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
327Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
402Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
144Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
155Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
336A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
612Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17529PMorohashi
316A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
845Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
864Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
429sakade
686Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
332henshall3
357Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
458crowley
219Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1194Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
146Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao1Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

Kun
ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
On
メツ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1222 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-10SKIP code
3a10.26The Kanji Dictionary
3315.0Four corner code
359deroo
6ec5Unicode hex code
1-44-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2660Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3279New Nelson (John Haig)
660New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
812Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
475Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
365Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
390Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1387A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1228Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18008Morohashi
1848A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1338Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1421Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1488Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1642Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1500Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1237Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
371Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mie4Pinyin reading
myeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level