潰 Crush

Radical Combination

• 氵

  Tsunami
• 貴

  Valuable

Meaning

Primary

Crush

Alternative

Squash

Mnemonic

Tsunamis love to slam into valuable things and crush them into oblivion. A tsunami will crush your house and squash your car and never even think to say sorry about it.

Hints

Imagine looking on in horror as a tsunami surges in and crushes all your most valuable possessions. The despair is absolutely… crushing.

Readings

On’yomi

かい

Kun’yomi

つぶ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

A tsunami can crush a house or a car as though it's a tube (つぶ) of toothpaste.

Hints

Think about how easy it would be for you to squash a tube of toothpaste. That's how easy it is for a tsunami to crush your all valuable stuff.