潰

潰 U+6F70, 潰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F70 ← 潯 [U+6F6F] CJK Unified Ideographs 潱 → [U+6F71]

潰 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水中一金 (ELMC), four-corner 3518₆, composition ⿰氵貴)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 650, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18281
• Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1741, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6F70

trad.		潰
simp.		溃

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡluːls) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

潰

1. (of a dike or dam) to break; to burst; to overflow
2. to break through an encirclement
3. to be utterly defeated; to be routed
4. to decompose; to be destroyed
5. to fester; to ulcerate

(Jōyō kanji)

1. burst
2. break
3. break down

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: つぶす (tsubusu, 潰す, Jōyō)、つぶれる (tsubureru, 潰れる, Jōyō)、ついえる (tsuieru, 潰える)

Kanji in this term
潰
かい Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 潰 (MC hwojH).

• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

潰(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

1. to crush; to smash

In modern Japanese, 潰 is mostly replaced by 壊, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

潰 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

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潰: Hán Nôm readings: hói, hòi, hội, khùy/khuỳ, khụy/khuỵ, khủy/khuỷ, khũy/khuỹ

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