Kanji

毀

Meaning

break destroy censure

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • こぼつ
  • こわす
  • こぼれる
  • こわれる
  • そしる
  • やぶる

On'yomi

  • は き tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)
  • き そん damage
  • き よ praise and censure

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

毀
break, destroy, censure...
こぼ.つ, こわ.す, キ
臼
mortar
うす, うすづ.く, キュウ
殳
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
また, ほこ, シュ
几
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
きにょう, キ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また, また-, ユウ
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト

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