壊

See also: 壞

壊 U+58CA, 壊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58CA ← 壉 [U+58C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 壋 → [U+58CB]

Translingual

Traditional	壞
Shinjitai	壊
Simplified	坏

Stroke order

Japan

Han character

壊 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土十田女 (GJWV), composition ⿰土⿳十罒衣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 240, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5541
• Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 491, character 3
• Unihan data for U+58CA

Japanese

Shinjitai	壊
Kyūjitai	壞

Kanji

壊

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 壞)

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Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: こわす (kowasu, 壊す, Jōyō)^{←こはす (kofasu, こはす, historical)}; こわれる (kowareru, 壊れる, Jōyō)^{←こはれる (kofareru, こはれる, historical)}; やぶる (yaburu, 壊る)
• Nanori: つち (tsuchi)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 壊疽(えそ) (eso)
• 壊(かい)滅(めつ) (kaimetsu)
• 壊(かい)乱(らん) (kairan)
• 決(けっ)壊(かい) (kekkai)
• 全(ぜん)壊(かい) (zenkai)
• 倒(とう)壊(かい) (tōkai)
• 崩(ほう)壊(かい) (hōkai)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
壊
かい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
壞 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 壞 (MC kweajH|hweajH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

Affix

壊(かい) • (kai) 

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