壊 (break, demolition, destroy) - Kanji Codex

壊

break, demolition, destroy

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

エカイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

こわ.すこわ.れるやぶ.る

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:1

Frequency:727

Vocabulary

エ

Word	Reading	Meaning
壊死	エシ	necrosis
壊疽	エソ	gangrene
金剛不壊	コンゴウフエ	firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
中毒性表皮壊死症	チュウドクセイヒョウヒエシショウ	toxic epidermal necrosis; TEN
壊劫	エコウ	the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)

カイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
壊滅	カイメツ	(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
破壊	ハカイ	destruction; disruption; (application) crash
崩壊	ホウカイ	collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
損壊	ソンカイ	damage; destruction
全壊	ゼンカイ	complete destruction

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
壊す	こわす	to break; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage; to break (a bill, etc.)
壊れる	こわれる	to be broken; to break; to fall apart; to collapse; to be destroyed; to be damaged; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse; to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.); to be broken off; to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)
取り壊し	とりこわし	demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
決壊	けっかい	burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
取り壊す	とりこわす	to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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endure, resist, support, withstand

cakes, candy, fruit

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location, place

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