Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #1222

destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

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)

extinction; extermination
extinction; extinguishment
(complete) destruction; annihilation
eradication; extermination
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation
ruin; destruction
self-destruction; ruining oneself
downfall; ruin
immortal; undying
switching on and off (of a light); flashing

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to go to ruin; to go under
to destroy; to overthrow
atonement (for one's sins); expiation
rarely; seldom

Example sentences

Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.

Many forms of life are disappearing.

The tiger is a vanishing species.

If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.