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崩

crumble
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingホウ
Kun readingくず.れる、-くず.れ、くず.す
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. crumbleRtK
  2. demolish
  3. die
    しかし、翌年に頼朝が没すると経房もまた体調を崩すようになった。However, after Yoritomo died the following year, Tsunefusa also became sickly.wiki
  4. level
  1. to destroy
  2. to demolish
  3. to pull down
  4. to tear down
  5. to level

Popular Usage

崩す崩れる

Radicals and components

Radical山mountain
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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mountain (山) · companion (朋) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 836

Compound words

崩すくずす
to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level
崩れるくずれる
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized
雪崩なだれ
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
崩壊ほうかい
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in; (radioactive) decay
崩落ほうらく
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; market decline
崩れくずれ
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
山崩れやまくずれ
landslide
切り崩すきりくずす
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
荷崩れにくずれ
load shifting (on a ship, truck, etc.)
崖崩れがけくずれ
landslide
持崩すもちくずす
to ruin oneself
崩し字くずしじ
character in cursive style
α崩壊アルファほうかい
alpha decay
β崩壊ベータほうかい
beta decay
なし崩しなしくずし
paying back in installments (instalments)
泣崩れるなきくずれる
to break down crying
済し崩しなしくずし
paying back in installments (instalments)
持ち崩すもちくずす
to ruin oneself
雪崩れるなだれる
to slope
崩壊するほうかいする
collapse
泣き崩れるなきくずれる
to break down crying
雪崩落ちるなだれおちる
to slide down (snow, etc.)
天気の崩れてんきのくずれ
break in the weather
蟻の穴から堤も崩れるありのあなからつつみもくずれる
a small leak will sink a great ship

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の足元に崩れるように倒れた。
He collapsed at her feet.tatoeba
彼の政権はきっと崩壊する。
His regime is bound to collapse.tatoeba
日本のいわゆるバブル経済の崩壊は、国際市場に衝撃波を広げました。
The bursting of Japan's so-called bubble economy sent shock waves through international markets.tatoeba
急に後ろに引いたり、体を開くなどによって相手のバランスを崩す。
A sumo wrestler makes his opponent lose his balance by stepping back quickly or standing upright with arms opened.wiki
泣き崩れる明里と去りゆく土方でドラマは終わる。
The episode ended with a scene of Akesato in tears and HIJKATA who was about to leave.wiki
波頭が崩れるさまは常人が見る限り抽象表現としかとれない。
Usually, the scene of a breaking wave can't be viewed as anything other than abstract expression.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 崩

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