Memory phrase for the character: 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
 
(A destructive battle) On the ground lie the ten eyes, as do the clothes: There was demolition.

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
罒 eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye with a central pupil ロ, whereas 'eye' is also: 目. This radical is sometimes seen as a net for fishing.
衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is also used in a simplified form 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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