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壊

Kanji meanings and readings

壊

N1

demolition; break; destroy

On reading
カイ、エ
Kun reading
こわ.す、こわ.れる、やぶ.る
Radical
土
Illustration of 壊す
N4

こわす

to break

Illustration of 壊れる
N4

こわれる

to be broken

Illustration of 崩壊
N1

ほうかい

collapse; decay (physics); crumbling; breaking down; caving in

Illustration of 破壊
N1

はかい

destruction