13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
Kun'yomi
ほ ろ び る to go to ruin ほ ろ ぶ to be ruined ほ ろ ぼ す to destroy
On'yomi
メツ
Main Radical
水(KanXi)
Reading Commonality
| メツ | 79.2% |
| ほろびるほろぶほろぼす | 20.8% |
Character Breakdown
destroy, ruin, overthrow
メツ ほろ.びる (8th, N1)
to destroy, to exterminate, to extinguish
ケツ ケチ ベツ
sign of the dog, 7-9PM, eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac
いぬ ジュツ (Kentei 1)
References
| Unicode hex code | 6EC5 |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-44-39 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 2660 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 3279 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 660 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 812 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 475 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 606 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 365 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 390 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 1387 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 1228 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 18008 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 1848 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 1338 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 1421 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 1488 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 1642 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 1500 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 1237 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 371 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3a10.26 |
| Four corner code | 3315.0 |
| De Roo Code | 359 |