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壊
JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

壊 (demolition, break, destroy)

  • JLPT N1
  • 16 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 土
  • #727 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
カイエ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
こわ.すこわ.れるやぶ.る

Example words & Vocabulary

崩壊ほうかい
collapse, decay (physics), crumbling, breaking down, caving in
破壊はかい
destruction
壊すこわす
to break
壊れるこわれる
to be broken

Example sentences 3

カメラが壊こわれた。

My camera broke.

錠じょうが壊こわれている。

The lock is broken.

掃除そうじ機きが壊こわれた。

The vacuum cleaner broke.

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