Memory phrase for the Kanji: 壊

壊

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Meaning demolition, break, destroy, ruin

Pronunciation

KAI
kowareru/su

Explanation

Left: earth 土, right: ten 十, eye 罒, clothes 衣

Mnemonic
 
Earth in ten eyes and on the clothes: A lot was demolished.

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
罒 eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye, whereas eye is also: 目. In some combinations this radical is seen as a net for fishing.
衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.
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 Vocabulary

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

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