JōyōKanken 2

Meaning

Kanji 潰

crush

crush, smash, break, dissipate

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
つぶ.すつぶ.れるつい.える
Onyomi 音読み
カイ
Nanori 名乗り
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Added to Jōyō: 2010

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Radical
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Kanji Kentei
Level 2
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 31 common entries

Showing 31 of 77 entries that include this kanji.

潰す

つぶす

to waste (e.g. talents)

潰れる

つぶれる

to get dead drunk

壊滅

かいめつ

(complete) destruction

潰瘍

かいよう

ulcer

つぶしが利く

つぶしがきく

to be valuable as scrap

つぶれ梅

つぶれうめ

crushed umeboshi

壊崩

かいほう

collapse

壊滅的

かいめつてき

devastating

壊乱

かいらん

collapse (of an organization, system, etc.)

潰える

ついえる

to be completely defeated (in battle)

潰し値

つぶしね

scrap value

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は空き缶を足でした。

he crushed the empty can with his foot.

やわらかいトマトを箱の中でしてしまった。

i accidentally squashed the soft tomato in the box.

虫を本でさないで。

don't crush the bug with a book.

長い会議で午後の時間がれた。

my afternoon was eaten up by a long meeting.

雨で遠足の計画がれた。

the picnic plan fell through because of the rain.