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N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • demolition
  • break
  • destroy

On'yomi (音読み)

  • カイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • こわ.す
  • こわ.れる
  • やぶ.る
Strokes
16
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#789
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
#32 · earth

Components

Common Words

  • 壊すこわすGodanto break, to destroy, to demolish
  • 壊滅かいめつNoun(complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
  • 壊れるこわれるIchidanto be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged
  • 破壊はかいNoundestruction, disruption
  • 崩壊ほうかいNouncollapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in
  • 損壊そんかいNoundamage, destruction
  • 取り壊しとりこわしNoundemolition, pulling down, destruction, dismantling
  • 壊乱かいらんNouncorruption (of order, public morals, etc.), subversion, degradation

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