JLPT N38画 · 8 strokesradical 壊
break, destroy
On'yomi (音読み)
- カイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- こわ.す
- こわ.れる
Meanings across languages
- English
- break, destroy
- Tiếng Việt
- phá hủy, bị hỏng
- 日本語
- 壊す, 壊れる
Common compounds
- 壊れるこわれるto break, to be broken
- 壊すこわすto break, to destroy
- 壊滅かいめつdestruction, devastation
- 崩壊ほうかいcollapse, fall apart
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