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壊
Demolition, Break, Destroy
16 strokes
N1
On readings 音読み
かい、え
Kun readings 訓読み
こわ.す、こわ.れる、やぶ.る
Built from
Dirt
Cross
Net
Clothes
Words using 壊
壊す
こわす
to break
N4
壊れる
こわれる
to be broken
N4
崩壊
ほうかい
collapse
N1
破壊
はかい
destruction
N1
損壊
そんかい
damage ; destruction
壊す
こわす
to break, to destroy, to demolish; to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage
半壊
はんかい
partial destruction
壊滅
かいめつ
(complete) destruction
壊滅
かいめつ
(complete) destruction ; annihilation ; devastation
破壊力
はかいりょく
destructive power ; destructive energy ; destructive force
圧壊
あっかい
crushing ; breaking by applying pressure
取り壊し
とりこわし
demolition
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