漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
壊: demolition, break
Also: destroy
JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 十, 罒 and 衣 are drawn in
16 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 壊滅するかいめつするdestroy, annihilate [v.t.][v.i.]
- 破壊するはかいするdestroy, demolish
- 崩壊するほうかいするcollapse, crumble
- 倒壊するとうかいするcollapse, fall down
- 全壊するぜんかいするbe completely destroyed
こわすkowasu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 壊すこわすbreak, destroy [v.t.]
こわれるkowareru · kun'yomi
- 壊れるこわれるbreak [v.i.]
Also read エ, やぶる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side壊 demolition · 土
vs懐 feelings · 忄In ChineseSimplified 坏 · traditional 壞 · huài
Three different forms: Japanese 壊, simplified 坏, traditional 壞.
- Simplified
- 坏 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 壞 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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