Keyword
crush
- smash
- break
- dissipate
- Strokes
- 15
- Grade
- 8
- Heisig
- 1911
Readings
つぶ100%
Mnemonic
A noble sets a sugar castle under a leaky tap and lets water drops patiently crush it into a puddle of syrup.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
潰す
to smash; to crush; to flatten; to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop; to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart; …
Godan verb
潰れる
to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse; to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to be ruined (of a plan); …
Ichidan verb
目潰し
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging
Noun
潰える
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to break down; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
Ichidan verb
握り潰す
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration); to pigeonhole; to smother
Godan verb
すり潰す
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to pulverise; to deface; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
Godan verb