烕 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 10 strokes

Meaning

to destroy, to exterminate, to extinguish

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケツ
  • ケチ
  • ベツ
Kun (native)
  • ほろ(びる)
  • ほろ(ぼす)
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音tong2
  • Hán-ViệtDiệt

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
Unicode
U+70D5

Components

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Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿵戌火

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-2-8