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壊: break

break; destroy; collapse
16 strokesSecondary · Stage 1 (about 4級)in 25 words here

Readings

On
カイ・エ
Kun
こわす・こわれる・やぶる

壊れる(こわれる) "break", 壊す(こわす) "break (something)". かい in 破壊(はかい) "destruction", 崩壊(ほうかい) "collapse", 壊滅(かいめつ).

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Key words

壊れるこわれるto break; to be broken
壊すこわすto break; to destroy
破壊はかいdestruction
崩壊ほうかいcollapse
壊滅かいめつdevastation; annihilation

Example sentences

I dropped my phone and the screen broke.

My little brother deliberately knocked down the castle he had built with blocks.

The hut by the sea was destroyed in the typhoon.

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