壊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Origin of the character

「壞」の略体。「壞」については当該項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

demolition, break, destroy

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイJHS
Kun (native)
  • こわ(す)JHS
  • こわ(れる)JHS
  • やぶ(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音huai4
  • 拼音pi1
  • 한글koe
  • Hán-ViệtHoại

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+58CA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土⿱十𭾱

Words using this kanji

  • 壊滅かいめつ元の姿をとどめないほど完全に壊すこと。壊れて滅びること。 「潰滅」にあてる。(complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
  • 壊すこわすこわす 参照to break, to destroy, to demolish, to wreck
  • 壊れるこわれるto be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse
  • 壊死えし生体の組織の一部分が死ぬこと。necrosis
  • 壊乱かいらん風俗や秩序などが破れ乱れること。corruption (of order, public morals, etc.), subversion, degradation, collapse (of an organization, system, etc.)
  • 壊疽えそ壊死した体の組織の一部が腐敗、融解をきたし黒色に変化した状態。脱疽。gangrene
  • 壊変かいへん放射性元素がアルファ線などの放射線を発しながら他の元素に変化すること。崩壊。(radioactive) decay, disintegration
  • 壊劫えこう四劫の三番目で世界が災害で破壊され、無に至る時期。the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)
  • 壊崩かいほう崩壊すること。collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in
  • 壊国かいこくdestroying a country
  • 壊れ物こわれものfragile article, breakables, broken article
  • 壊血病かいけつびょうビタミンCの欠乏によりおこる疾患。歯茎などからの出血、倦怠感、貧血などの症状が現れる。scurvy
  • 壊滅的かいめつてき被害が激しいさま。devastating, catastrophic, crushing
  • 壊し屋こわしやdestroyer, wrecker, ruiner
  • 壊れ易いこわれやすいfragile, break easily
  • 壊変毎分かいへんまいふんdisintegration per minute, dpm
  • 壊変毎秒かいへんまいびょうdecays per second, disintegrations per second, dps
  • 壊死性筋膜炎えしせいきんまくえんnecrotizing fasciitis, necrotising fasciitis, flesh-eating bacteria syndrome

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-13
Four Corner
4413.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b13.3
Heisig
427
Nelson
1147