| 1848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1387 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2660 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1228 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1338 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1421 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1500 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1237 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 812 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 475 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 371 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18008 | Morohashi |
| 660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3279 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 365 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 390 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1642 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 滅亡 【メツボウ】 downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
- 滅罪 【メツザイ】 expiation
- 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
- 衰滅 【スイメツ】 decline, downfall, ruin(ation)
Kun reading compounds
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- myeol
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- estropearse
- ser destruido
- ser devastado
- estropear
- destruir
- devastar
- demoler
Portuguese
- destruir
- arruinar
- extinguir
- golpe
French
- anéantir
- détruire
- ruiner
- renverser
- périr
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ec5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 私 【シ】 private affairs, personal matter
- 私案 【シアン】 private plan, one's own plan
- 無私 【ムシ】 unselfish, selfless, disinterested
- 滅私 【メッシ】 selflessness, being unselfish
Kun reading compounds
- 私 【わたくし】 I, me, personal (affairs, etc.), private, selfishness, partiality, secrecy, confidentiality
- 私立 【しりつ】 private (establishment)
- 不肖私 【ふしょうわたくし】 I, me
- 私 【わたし】 I, me
- 私たち 【わたしたち】 we, us
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- yo
- privado
- secreto
Portuguese
- particular
- Eu
- me
French
- privé
- je
- moi
| 797 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 887 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 876 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 221 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3265 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 367 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 232 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 637 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 125 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 125 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 72 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1428 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1432 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 758 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 911 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24913 | Morohashi |
| 1115 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4124 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 902 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 968 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 17 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 852 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2271 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2293.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79c1 | Unicode hex code |