The kanji 潰: meaning, readings and stroke order
潰
- Meaning
- crush, squash
- On reading
- カイ kai
- Kun reading
- つぶ(す) tsubusu、つぶ(れる) tsubureru
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đè bẹp, nghiền nát (hội)
- Japanese
- つぶす。つぶれる。
- Korean
- 찌그러뜨리다, 으깨다 (궤)
- Chinese
- 压扁、压碎 (溃)
Readings, words and example sentences
カイ kai · on reading · less common
潰瘍
ulcer
潰瘍の 治りょうを 受けます。
He is being treated for an ulcer.
つぶ(す) tsubusu · kun reading · less common
潰す
to crush, to mash
いもを 潰します。
I mash the potatoes.
つぶ(れる) tsubureru · kun reading · less common
潰れる
to get crushed, to be squashed
箱が 潰れました。
The box got crushed.
Practise writing 潰 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 潰 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 10 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.