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壊 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
4Junior high level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
カイ・エかい・え · kai · e
Kun
こわ(す)・こわ(れる)・やぶ(る)kowa(su) · kowa(reru) · yabu(ru)
Meaning
break; destroy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" with 褱: a clod of earth crumbling — to break, to destroy.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカイかいkai壊滅かいめつ破壊はかい決壊けっかい
Kunこわすkowasu壊すこわす
Kunこわれるkowareru壊れるこわれる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 破壊はかい

    destruction

  • 壊れるこわれる

    to break

More words with this kanji

  • 崩壊ほうかい
  • 壊疽えそ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

古(ふる)い時計(とけい)が壊(こわ)れてしまった。

The old clock has broken.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

破壊壊破to bre…坊boy執take…堤embank…堅hard塔tower介mediat…刈reap戒admoni…依rely…皆all
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading カイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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