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壊

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 914 / 2,608

Break

On’yomi
かい
Kun’yomi
こわ
Radical
土 Earth (Kangxi 32)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 便 (Convenience), less common than 黙 (Shut Up).

Dirt on the left side, with clothes and an eye on the right -- dirty clothes reveal an eye peering through a tear, watching things break apart.

In words

壊す こわす to breakN4
壊れる こわれる to be brokenN4
崩壊 ほうかい collapse;decay (physics);crumbling;breaking down;caving inN1

壊 is rank 914 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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