潰: Crush; Smash; BreakKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (カイ・エ)

• 潰瘍かいようulcer
• 胃潰瘍いかいようstomach ulcer
• ストレス潰瘍ストレスかいようstress ulcer
• 倒潰とうかいdestruction; collapse
• 全潰ぜんかいcomplete destruction
• 十二指腸潰瘍じゅうにしちょうかいようduodenal ulcer
• 圧潰あっかいcrushing; breaking by applying pressure
• 崩潰ほうかいcollapse; crumbling
• 擂潰らいかいgrinding
• 決潰けっかいburst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach
• 消化性潰瘍しょうかせいかいようpeptic ulcer
• 潰乱かいらんcorruption (of order, customs, etc.)
• 潰崩かいほうcollapse; crumbling

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 暇潰しひまつぶしwaste of time; killing time
• 潰すつぶすto smash; to crush
• 潰れるつぶれるto be crushed; to be smashed
• 顔を潰すかおをつぶすto make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone
• ごく潰しごくつぶしgood-for-nothing; parasite
• しらみ潰ししらみつぶしvery thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search
• すり潰すすりつぶすto mash; to grind
• ひねり潰すひねりつぶすto pinch and crush; to pinch out
• ぶっ潰すぶっつぶすto smash violently; to crush
• ネタ潰しネタつぶしpublicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas)
• プチプチ潰しプチプチつぶしpopping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique)
• 丸潰れまるつぶれcomplete ruin; collapse
• 乗り潰すのりつぶすto drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)
• 半潰れはんつぶれhalf demolished
• 取り潰すとりつぶすto disrupt; to ruin
• 叩き潰すたたきつぶすto smash up; to defeat crushingly
• 噛み潰すかみつぶすto chew up
• 圧し潰すおしつぶすto squash; to crush
• 塗り潰しぬりつぶしblotting out
• 塗り潰すぬりつぶすto paint over; to paint out
• 履き潰すはきつぶすto wear out (footwear)
• 打っ潰すぶっつぶすto smash violently; to crush
• 押し潰すおしつぶすto squash; to crush
• 捻り潰すひねりつぶすto pinch and crush; to pinch out
• 握り潰しにぎりつぶしshelving; pigeonholing
• 握り潰すにぎりつぶすto crush (with one's hands)
• 擂り潰すすりつぶすto mash; to grind
• 時間を潰すじかんをつぶすto kill time
• 時間潰しじかんつぶしtimewasting; killing time
• 暇を潰すひまをつぶすto waste time; to kill time
• 泣き潰すなきつぶすto cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind
• 潰えついえwasteful expenses
• 潰えるついえるto fall apart; to collapse
• 潰しが利くつぶしがきくto be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work
• 潰しにするつぶしにするto scrap; to melt down
• 潰し値つぶしねscrap value
• 潰し値段つぶしねだんscrap value
• 潰し島田つぶししまだtype of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
• 潰し餡つぶしあんslightly crushed sweetened red-bean paste
• 潰れ梅つぶれうめcrushed umeboshi; crushed pickled plum

Other readings

• ねた潰しネタつぶしpublicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas)
• ゴク潰しごくつぶしgood-for-nothing; parasite
• 噛潰すかみつぶすto chew up
• 圧潰すおしつぶすto squash; to crush
• 押潰すおしつぶすto squash; to crush
• 擂潰すすりつぶすto mash; to grind
• 泣潰すなきつぶすto cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind

Showing the 60 most common of 95 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 潰

• 瘍
• 性
• 腸
• 圧
• 目
• 飲
• 暇
• 胃
• 顔
• 丸