潰

See also: 溃

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		潰
simp.		溃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

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Japanese

Kanji

潰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
• 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)

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 潰 (MC hwojH).

Affix

潰(かい) • (kai) 

1. to crush; to smash

Usage notes

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

Japanese terms with 潰 replaced by daiyōji 壊

壊滅

決壊

倒壊

崩壊

Derived terms

Not replaced by 壊 in modern orthography

• 潰(かい)瘍(よう) (kaiyō, “ulcer”)

 

Replaced by 壊 in modern orthography

• 潰(かい)走(そう) (kaisō)
• 潰(かい)崩(ほう) (kaihō)
• 潰(かい)滅(めつ) (kaimetsu)
• 潰(かい)乱(らん) (kairan)
• 圧(あっ)潰(かい) (akkai)
• 決(けっ)潰(かい) (kekkai)
• 全(ぜん)潰(かい) (zenkai)
• 倒(とう)潰(かい) (tōkai)
• 崩(ほう)潰(かい) (hōkai)

 

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 潰 (hói, hòi, hội)

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