潰

15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

crush, smash, break, dissipate

Kun'yomi
  • つぶす
    		to smash ②to shut down ③to wreck ④to butcher
  • つぶれる
    		to be crushed ②to become useless ③to go bankrupt
  • ついえる
    		to fall apart ②to be completely defeated (in battle) ③to fall apart (one's body or health)
On'yomi
  • カイ
  • エ

Main Radical

水(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つぶすつぶれる 98.7%
ついえる 0.7%
カイ 0.6%

Character Breakdown

crush, smash, break
つぶ.す　つい.える　カイ (11th)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
precious, value, prize
キ　ぎ　とうと.い (6th, N1)
only used in personal names
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
shellfish
かい　バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

つぶ
潰
　
す
to smash ②to shut down ③to wreck ④to butcher
つぶ
潰
　
れ
　
る
to be crushed ②to become useless ③to go bankrupt
たた
叩
　
き
つぶ
潰
　
す
to smash up
ふ
踏
　
み
つぶ
潰
　
す
to trample
　
す
　
り
つぶ
潰
　
す
to mash ②to dissipate (a fortune)
め
目
つぶ
潰
　
し
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone ②poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
じ
時
かん
間
つぶ
潰
　
し
timewasting
い
鋳
つぶ
潰
　
す
to melt down
の
飲
　
み
つぶ
潰
　
れ
　
る
to drink oneself drunk
にが
苦
むし
虫
　
を
か
噛
　
み
つぶ
潰
　
し
　
た
　
よ
　
う
sour (expression)
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References

Unicode hex code 6F70
JIS X 0208 1-36-57
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2701
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3335
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 743
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 919
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 677
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2319
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1911
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18281
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1229
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a12.14
Four corner code 3518.6