壊

meaningdemolition, break, destroy

On'yomi
カイ、エ
Kun'yomi
こわ.す、こわ.れる、やぶ.る
Strokes
16
Taught in
Secondary school (jōyō)
Frequency
#727 most common in newspapers

Words it lives in

壊
  • 崩壊ほうかいcollapse
  • 破壊はかいdestruction
  • 壊滅かいめつdestruction
  • 壊すこわすto break
  • 壊れるこわれるto be broken
  • 損壊そんかいdamage
  • 取り壊しとりこわしdemolition

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