漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
崩: crumble, die
Also: demolish, level
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
山 carries the meaning · 朋 gives the sound
11 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 崩壊ほうかい
- 崩落ほうらくcollapse; break; cave-in
くずれるkuzureru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 崩れるくずれるto collapse; to crumble
-くずれ-kuzure · kun'yomi
- 崩れくずれcrumbling; collapse; ruin
くずすkuzusu · kun'yomi
- 崩すくずすto destroy; to demolish; to pull down
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 雪崩なだれavalanche; snowslide
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall and look at the horizon! Three peaks reach for the clouds in perfect harmony.”
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崩 crumble · 山
vs棚 shelf · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bēng
Same form: 崩 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 崩 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 崩 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bēng 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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