| 1066 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) | 
| 1266 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 
| 1147 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) | 
| 1578 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 1171 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) | 
| 2602 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 1407 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 1496 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 1038 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) | 
| 390 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 
| 934 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 524 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 684 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) | 
| 407 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) | 
| 5541P | Morohashi | 
| 756 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1102 | New Nelson (John Haig) | 
| 400 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) | 
| 427 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) | 
| 1822 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) | 
      Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
    
    
      JLPT level N1
    
    
      727 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
    
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 壊滅 【カイメツ】 (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
 - 壊血病 【カイケツビョウ】 scurvy
 - 損壊 【ソンカイ】 damage, destruction
 - 全壊 【ゼンカイ】 complete destruction
 - 壊死 【エシ】 necrosis
 - 壊劫 【エコウ】 the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)
 - 不壊 【フエ】 indestructibility
 - 金剛不壊 【コンゴウフエ】 firm and solid, sturdy and indestructible, unshakable, adamantine
 
Kun reading compounds
- 壊す 【こわす】 to break, to destroy, to demolish, to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage, to break (a bill, etc.)
 - 壊れる 【こわれる】 to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged, to break (down), to stop working, to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)
 
Readings
- Korean:
 - koe
 
Spanish
- colapso
 - derrumbe
 - destrucción
 - romper
 - romperse
 - averiarse
 
Portuguese
- demolição
 - quebrar
 - destruir
 
French
- démolition
 - casser
 - détruire
 
| 1465 | 2001 Kanji | 
| 3b13.3 | The Kanji Dictionary | 
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code | 
| 4413.2 | Four corner code | 
| 1-18-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code | 
| 58ca | Unicode hex code |