Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
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Kun reading compounds

  • 噛む 【かむ】 to bite, to chew, to gnaw, to masticate, to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer, to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore), to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.), to mesh, to fit together, to be involved in, to convince, to persuade
  • 齧る 【かじる】 to gnaw, to nibble, to bite, to munch, to crunch, to dabble in, to know a little bit about, to learn a little of, to have a smattering of

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nie4
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1012 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
885 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4516X Morohashi
888 New Nelson (John Haig)
2172 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2290 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d15.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
6107.2 Four corner code
1-19-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
565b Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
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On reading compounds

  • 壊滅 【カイメツ】 (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
  • 潰瘍 【カイヨウ】 ulcer
  • 全壊 【ゼンカイ】 complete destruction
  • 擂潰 【ライカイ】 grinding

Kun reading compounds

  • 潰す 【つぶす】 to smash, to crush, to flatten, to shut down, to put out of business, to force (a company) to close up shop, to wreck, to break, to block, to thwart, to butcher, to slaughter, to kill (livestock, for food), to kill (time), to while away (the time), to use up (one's time), to waste (e.g. talents)
  • 潰れる 【つぶれる】 to be crushed, to be squashed, to be smashed, to be destroyed, to be broken, to collapse, to go bankrupt, to go under, to fail, to collapse, to be ruined (of a plan), to be cancelled, to collapse (e.g. of a project), to fall through, to blow up, to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.), to cease functioning, to be taken up (of one's time), to be lost, to be wasted, to be missed (of a chance), to be lost, to be lost (of face, composure, etc.), to broken down (e.g. of one's courage), to be broken (of one's heart), to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.), to wear away, to become dull, to get dead drunk
  • 潰える 【ついえる】 to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.), to be destroyed, to fall through, to break down, to be completely defeated (in battle), to be wiped out, to be routed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kui4, hui4
Korean:
gwe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2701 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1229 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
919 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
677 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
18281 Morohashi
743 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3335 New Nelson (John Haig)
2319 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1911 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a12.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
3518.6 Four corner code
1-36-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f70 Unicode hex code