漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
潰: crush, smash
Also: break, dissipate
N1 (our estimate)15 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 貴 is drawn in
15 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 潰瘍かいようulcer
- 胃潰瘍いかいようstomach ulcer; gastric ulcer
つぶすtsubusu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 潰すつぶすto smash; to crush; to flatten
- 暇潰しひまつぶしkilling time; keeping oneself occupied
- 顔を潰すかおをつぶすto make someone lose face
つぶれるtsubureru · kun'yomi
- 潰れるつぶれるto be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed
Also read エ, ついえる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
貴
Also built on precious (貴)
In ChineseSimplified 溃 · traditional, as in Japanese · kuì
Japan keeps the traditional form 潰; mainland China simplifies it to 溃.
- Simplified
- 溃 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 潰 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kuì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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