This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キ、こぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る
Romaji: ki, kobo.tsu, kowa.su, kobo.reru, kowa.reru, soshi.ru, yabu.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  79
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-9-4
Korean Reading:  hwe
Chinese Reading:  hui3
Unicode:  6bc0
JIS:  544C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1791
Nelson Index: 2460
New Nelson Index: 3000
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b10.14
Four Corner Index: 7714.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 16654
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0785
Remembering the kanji Index: 2067
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1592
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1532
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2246

Words

毀損 (きそん)
damage; injury; defamation; waste
ぶち壊す (ぶちこわす、うちこわす、ブチこわす)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to wreck; to spoil; to ruin
毀傷 (きしょう)
injury; damage
毀つ (こぼつ)
to destroy; to break; to damage
破棄 (はき)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty); reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement); discard; cancellation; repeal
廃仏毀釈 (はいぶつきしゃく)
anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era
毀誉 (きよ)
praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation
毀棄 (きき)
destroying; demolishing; damage
名誉毀損 (めいよきそん)
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
取り壊す (とりこわす)
to demolish; to tear or pull down
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