The kanji 壊: meaning, readings and stroke order

壊

Meaning: break, destroy
On reading: カイ kai
Kun reading: こわ（す） kowasu、こわ（れる） kowareru
Strokes: 16
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 壞

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: làm hỏng, phá (hoại)
Japanese: こわす。こわれる。
Korean: 부수다, 망가지다 (괴)
Chinese: 弄坏、破坏 (坏)

Readings, words and example sentences

カイ kai · on reading

破は壊かい
destruction
森の 破は壊かいを止めます。
We stop the destruction of the forests.

こわ（す） kowasu · kun reading

壊こわす
to break
落として時計を 壊こわしました。
I dropped my watch and broke it.

こわ（れる） kowareru · kun reading

壊こわれる
to break, to be broken
古いいすが 壊こわれました。
The old chair broke.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.