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カイ・エ
Kun
こわ(す)・こわ(れる)・やぶ(る)
Meaning
break; destroy

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

カイ壊滅・破壊・決壊
こわす壊す
こわれる壊れる

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

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

古い時計が壊れてしまった。

The old clock has broken.

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