Results, 滅私奉公 #n

滅私奉公【めっしほうこうmesshihoukou・めっしぼうこうmesshiboukouirr.】

noun:

  • selfless devotion - four character idiom

現在genzaiはha、滅私奉公messhihoukouではなくdehanaku、滅metsu公ooyake奉tatematsu私watashiのno時代jidaiだdaとto言われていますiwareteimasu。 In the old days people valued selflessness. But this generation seems to make a virtue out of selfishness.

Kanji definition:

滅
常用中学校JLPTN1

メツMETSU・ほろびるhoro.biru・ほろぶhoro.bu・ほろぼすhoro.bosu

destroy; ruin; overthrow; perish

Strokes:
13
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-10
UTF:
6ec5
JIS208:
44-39
Hangul:
멸 [myeol]
Pinyin:
miè
Stroke order:
Example words:
絶滅【ぜつめつzetsumetsu】
extinction; extermination; / eradication; stamping out; wiping out
消滅【しょうめつshoumetsu】
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse; / annihilation
壊滅【かいめつkaimetsu】
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
撲滅【ぼくめつbokumetsu】
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
自滅【じめつjimetsu】
self-destruction; ruining oneself; / natural decay; perishing naturally
私
常用６年JLPTN4

シSHI・わたくしwatakushi・わたしwatashi

private; I; me

Strokes:
7
Radical:
禾 grain
SKIP:
1-5-2
UTF:
79c1
JIS208:
27-68
Hangul:
사 [sa]
Pinyin:
sī
Stroke order:
Example words:
私【わたしwatashi】
I; me; / private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; / selfishness
私立【しりつshiritsu】
private (establishment)
私邸【していshitei】
private residence
私的【してきshiteki】
personal; private; proprietary
私鉄【してつshitetsu】
private railway
奉
常用中学校JLPTN1

ホウHOU・ブBU・たてまつるtatematsu.ru・まつるmatsu.ru・ほうずるhou.zuru

observance; offer; present; dedicate

Strokes:
8
Radical:
大 big
SKIP:
4-8-4
UTF:
5949
JIS208:
42-84
Nanori:
ともtomo・やすyasu
Hangul:
봉 [bong]
Pinyin:
fèng
Stroke order:
Example words:
奉仕【ほうしhoushi】
service; ministry; attendance; church work; / offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
奉公【ほうこうhoukou】
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; / public duty
奉行【ぶぎょうbugyou】
magistrate; shogunate administrator
信奉【しんぽうshinpou】
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
奉納【ほうのうhounou】
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
公
常用２年JLPTN4

コウKOU・クKU・おおやけooyake

public; prince; official; governmental

Strokes:
4
Radical:
八ハ eight
SKIP:
2-2-2
UTF:
516c
JIS208:
24-88
Nanori:
あきらakira・きki・きみkimi・きんkin・たかtaka・ただしtadashi・ともtomo・ひろhiro・まさmasa
Hangul:
공 [gong]
Pinyin:
gōng
Stroke order:
Example words:
公式【こうしきkoushiki】
formal; official; / formula (e.g. mathematical)
公園【こうえんkouen】
(public) park
公演【こうえんkouen】
public performance; / exhibition in a foreign country
公共【こうきょうkoukyou】
public; community; public service; society; communal
公開【こうかいkoukai】
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.); open; public

Kanji

滅

メツMETSU・ほろびるhoro.biru・ほろぶhoro.bu・ほろぼすhoro.bosu

destroy; ruin; overthrow; perish

私

シSHI・わたくしwatakushi・わたしwatashi

private; I; me


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