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崩

崩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

crumble, die, demolish, level

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウJHS
Kun (native)
  • くず(れる)JHS
  • 〜くず(れ)
  • くず(す)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音beng1
  • 한글bung
  • Hán-ViệtBăng

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5D29

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山朋

Words using this kanji

  • 崩壊ほうかい建築物などが崩れ壊れること。 組織などが機能しなくなること。なくなること。 放射性元素が放射線を放出して別の元素に変化すること。collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in
  • 崩れるくずれるくずれるを参照。to collapse, to crumble, to get out of shape, to lose one's shape
  • 崩れくずれcrumbling, collapse, ruin, has-been
  • 崩落ほうらく構造物や山肌、坑道などが崩れ落ちること。 相場が急に、また大幅に下がること。collapse, break, cave-in, crash
  • 崩すくずすくずすを参照。to destroy, to demolish, to pull down, to tear down
  • 崩れ落ちるくずれおちるto crumble down, to tumble down, to fall in
  • 崩れ去るくずれさるto crumble away, to collapse
  • 崩御ほうぎょ天皇、皇后、皇太后、太皇太后、国王等が亡くなること。death (of an emperor), demise
  • 崩解ほうかいdisintegration, degradation, decay
  • 崩しくずしsimplification (character, hair-style, etc.), unbalancing an opponent
  • 崩ずるほうずるto die (of the emperor, etc.)
  • 崩じるほうじるto die (of the emperor, etc.)
  • 崩壊熱ほうかいねつdecay heat
  • 崩し書きくずしがきcursive style of writing or calligraphy
  • 崩壊寸前ほうかいすんぜんon the brink of collapse, in a state of near-collapse
  • 崩壊系列ほうかいけいれつdecay chain, decay series
  • 崩れかかるくずれかかるto begin to crumble, to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
2222.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o8.7
Heisig
836
Nelson
1430