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壊

壊 — demolition, break, destroy

On
カイ, エ
Kun
こわす, こわれる, やぶる
Strokes
16
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 壊

  • 崩壊ほうかいcollapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving inCommon

    チューダー朝は1603年に崩壊した。
    The Tudor Dynasty fell in the year 1603.

  • 破壊はかいdestruction; disruptionCommon

    その台風は多くの家を破壊した。
    The typhoon destroyed many houses.

  • 壊滅かいめつ(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastationCommon

    壊滅そのものが豊かな生命を生む。
    Mere decay produces richer life.

  • 壊すこわすto break; to destroy; to demolishCommon
  • 壊れるこわれるto be broken; to break; to fall apart; to collapse; to be destroyed; to be dama…Common
  • 損壊そんかいdamage; destructionCommon
  • 取り壊しとりこわしdemolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantlingCommon
  • 倒壊とうかいdestruction; collapse; crumblingOccasional
  • 取り壊すとりこわすto demolish; to tear down; to pull downOccasional
  • 決壊けっかいburst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; ruptureOccasional
  • 全壊ぜんかいcomplete destructionOccasional
  • 半壊はんかいpartial destructionOccasional
  • 自壊じかいdisintegrationOccasional
  • 破壊的はかいてきdestructive; devastatingOccasional
  • ぶち壊しぶちこわしdestruction; demolition; smashing apart; tearing downOccasional
  • 破壊者はかいしゃdestroyerRare
  • 破壊力はかいりょくdestructive power; destructive energy; destructive forceRare
  • 破壊活動はかいかつどうsubversive activities; sabotageRare
  • 破壊率はかいりつrate of destruction; destruction ratioRare
  • 環境破壊かんきょうはかいenvironmental destructionRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 114 words that use 壊.

  • 崩壊 ほうかい collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in
  • 破壊 はかい destruction; disruption
  • 壊滅 かいめつ (complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
  • 壊す こわす to break; to destroy; to demolish
  • 壊れる こわれる to be broken; to break; to fall apart; to collapse; to be destroyed; to be dama…

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