壊

demolition

Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingカイ、エ

Kun readingこわ.す、こわ.れる、やぶ.る

Jōyō Grade 8

to break
to destroy
to demolish
to wreck
to ruin

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical土earth

Components

How it's built

壊

Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · poltergeist · BernaE · ten (十) · needle (丨) · eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · top hat (亠) · scarf (冂) · cloth (巾) · clothes · clothing · garment

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 427

Compound words

壊すこわす

to break; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to ruin

壊れるこわれる

to be broken; to break; to fall apart; to collapse; to be destroyed

破壊するはかいする

to destroy

壊滅かいめつ

(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

破壊はかい

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

崩壊ほうかい

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in; (radioactive) decay

損壊そんかい

damage; destruction

取り壊しとりこわし

demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling

壊乱かいらん

corruption (of order, public morals, etc.)

壊疽えそ

gangrene

決壊けっかい

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee)

Additional Examples

彼は私の壊れた時計を何とかしてくれると約束した。

He promised to see about my broken watch.tatoeba

彼は街が破壊されていたという事実を知らなかった。

He was ignorant of the fact that the town had been destroyed.tatoeba

大阪会議体制はわずか半年にして崩壊する。

It was only six months after its establishment that the Osaka Conference system collapsed.wiki

室町時代の頃に荘園制が崩壊すると衰退した。

By the Muromachi period, however, they became marginalized as the manorial system declined.wiki

安全のため後ろに置かれていたコンクリートの壁はこなごなに壊れる。

The concrete wall put in the back for safety was chopped to pieces.wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 壊

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