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Kanji Detail for 潰 - "crush, collapse, waste"

潰

  • Meaning

    潰 means "crush, collapse, waste."

    1. Crush - To press and destroy.

    2. Collapse - To fall apart; to break down.

    3. Waste - To spend uselessly; to squander.

  • Words using 潰

    • 潰す つぶす Listen to smash; to crush; to flatten
    • 潰れる つぶれる Listen to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed
    • 顔を潰す かおをつぶす Listen to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish

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    • Verified meaning: crush, collapse, waste
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    crush; smash; break; dissipate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    flooding river; militarily defeat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4 nong2]; Taiwan pr. [kui4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    When water breaks through a bank, it is called 潰. When dikes collapse and water flows out. | To scatter. When people flee from their leaders, it is called 潰. Seen in (Zuo Zhuan). | To flee after military defeat. As in 潰走 (to flee in defeat). | External symptoms like abscesses. Rotting and discharging pus is also called 潰.

  • Onyomi

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    e(エ) エ

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsubu.reru(つぶ-れる) つぶ-れる

    tsubu.su(つぶ-す) つぶ-す

    tsui.eru(つい-える) つい-える

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    crush collapse waste break smash flatten compress demolish destroy fall apart grind obliterate pulverize shatter squander squeeze trample

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