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潰: crush

crush; collapse; go bust
15 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 14 words here

Readings

On
カイ・エ
Kun
つぶす・つぶれる・ついえる

Transitive 潰す versus intransitive 潰れる is the key pair. On-yomi カイ is rare (潰走).

Key words

潰すつぶすto crush; to ruin
潰れるつぶれるto be crushed; to go bankrupt
踏み潰すふみつぶすto trample flat
潰走かいそうrout

Example sentences

I crushed the empty can with my foot and then threw it in the trash.

The old bookstore in front of the station went out of business.

Fighting in the heavy rain, the enemy army was routed in a single day.

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