Jisho

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壊

16 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
亠 十 土 買 衣
Variants:
壞
demolition, break, destroy
Kun:
こわ.す、 こわ.れる、 やぶ.る
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
727 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huai4, pi1
Korean:
koe

Spanish

  • colapso
  • derrumbe
  • destrucción
  • romper
  • romperse
  • averiarse

Portuguese

  • demolição
  • quebrar
  • destruir

French

  • démolition
  • casser
  • détruire
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)
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

変

9 strokes
Radical:
go 夂
Parts:
亠 夂
Variants:
變
unusual, change, strange
Kun:
か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
On:
ヘン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
  • 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
  • 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
  • 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster

Kun reading compounds

  • 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
  • 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
  • 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
  • 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bian4
Korean:
byeon

Spanish

  • inusual
  • extraño
  • cambio
  • cambiar
  • alterar
  • modificar

Portuguese

  • raro
  • mudança
  • estranhar

French

  • insolite
  • étrange
  • changer
509 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
609 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
581 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
324 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
306 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
191 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
443 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
970 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
257 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
257 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
222 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
401 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2569 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1311 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1782 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1761 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5703 Morohashi
2069 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1119 New Nelson (John Haig)
1745 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1882 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
254 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
532 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
467 2001 Kanji
2j7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
0024.7 Four corner code
0040.7 Four corner code
1-42-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5909 Unicode hex code

毎

6 strokes
Radical:
mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts:
毋 母 乞
every
Kun:
ごと、 -ごと.に
On:
マイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
436 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 毎 【マイ】 every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend), each
  • 毎朝 【マイアサ】 every morning
  • 毎々 【マイマイ】 each time, frequently, always

Kun reading compounds

  • 毎 【ごと】 each, every
  • 毎に 【ごとに】 one by one, each, every, at intervals of
  • 月ごと 【つきごと】 monthly
  • 戸ごと 【こごと】 every house, each household

Readings

Japanese names:
つね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei3
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • siempre
  • cada
  • en ese momento

Portuguese

  • todo

French

  • chaque
318 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
225 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
206 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
396 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2467 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
92 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
66 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
444 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
116 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
116 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1144 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2527 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1283 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1751 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
468 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16724P Morohashi
2034 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3006 New Nelson (John Haig)
458 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
497 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
136 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2347 2001 Kanji
0a6.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
8050.7 Four corner code
1-43-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bce Unicode hex code

秒

9 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
ノ 小 禾
second (1/60 minute)
On:
ビョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1015 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 秒 【ビョウ】 second (unit of time), arc second
  • 秒速 【ビョウソク】 speed per second, velocity per second, instant, moment, a few seconds
  • 壊変毎秒 【カイヘンマイビョウ】 decays per second, disintegrations per second, dps
  • 閏秒 【ウルウビョウ】 leap second

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
miao3
Korean:
cho, myo

Spanish

  • segundo (unidad de tiempo)

Portuguese

  • segundo (1/ 60 minuto)

French

  • seconde
499 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
403 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
380 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
831 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
867 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
779 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1152 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1207 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1432 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1462 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
774 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1052 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
908 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24952 Morohashi
1137 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4129 New Nelson (John Haig)
899 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
965 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
344 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2260 2001 Kanji
5d4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
2992.0 Four corner code
1-41-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79d2 Unicode hex code