Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8

crush, smash, break, dissipate

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

ulcer
stomach ulcer; gastric ulcer
peptic ulcer
gastroduodenal ulcer
grinding
venous ulcers; stasis ulcers
ulcerative lesion

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone
to smash; to crush
to be crushed; to be squashed
sour (expression); as if having chewed on a bitter bug
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
to waste time; to kill time
popping bubble wrap (for fun, stress relief, etc.)
to scrap; to melt down
slightly crushed sweetened red-bean paste
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)

Example sentences

An ulcer forms in the stomach.

He squashed my hat flat.

She killed an hour looking around the stores.

His house is a tumbledown affair.