Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 13
Meaning: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
Kunyomi: ほろ.びる ほろ.ぶ ほろ.ぼす
Onyomi: メツ
Composition: 氵
Radical: 水
Meaning: water
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)
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