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崩

11 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山 月
crumble, die, demolish, level
Kun:
くず.れる、 -くず.れ、 くず.す
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
778 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 崩落 【ホウラク】 collapse, break, cave-in, crash, market decline, market crash
  • 崩壊 【ホウカイ】 collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in, (radioactive) decay, disintegration
  • 壊崩 【カイホウ】 collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in

Kun reading compounds

  • 崩れる 【くずれる】 to collapse, to crumble, to get out of shape, to lose one's shape, to become disorganized, to become untidy, to break down, to be thrown into disarray, to crash (stock market), to slump, to decline, to break money into small change, to turn bad (e.g. weather), to change for the worse, to deteriorate
  • 崩す 【くずす】 to destroy, to demolish, to pull down, to tear down, to level, to disturb, to put into disorder, to throw off balance, to make shaky, to relax (one's pose), to make oneself at ease, to break (a bill), to change, to make change, to write in cursive style, to write in running style, to break into a smile, to let off a smile, to lower (a price)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
beng1
Korean:
bung

Spanish

  • desmoronamiento
  • derrumbe
  • destruir
  • desmoronar
  • desmoronarse
  • desmenuzarse
  • derrumbarse

Portuguese

  • Demolir
  • murchar
  • aplainar

French

  • s'effondrer
  • mourir
  • démolir
  • niveler
1801 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1700 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1430 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1490 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1244 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1122 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1174 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1663 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
547 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2863 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1478 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1989 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
781 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8212P Morohashi
2296 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1491 New Nelson (John Haig)
774 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
836 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1246 2001 Kanji
3o8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2222.7 Four corner code
1-42-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d29 Unicode hex code

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

寸

3 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch 寸
Parts:
寸
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small
On:
スン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1669 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寸 【スン】 sun (approx. 3 cm), length, measurement, shortness, tininess
  • 寸前 【スンゼン】 just before, on the verge of, on the brink of, just in front of, just ahead of
  • 原寸 【ゲンスン】 actual size, full size
  • 外寸 【ガイスン】 external dimensions, outer size

Readings

Japanese names:
す、 みき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cun4
Korean:
chon

Spanish

  • longitud
  • medida
  • un poco
  • sólo
  • antigua unidad de medida

Portuguese

  • medição
  • medida valendo pés/ 10

French

  • dimension
  • un peu
  • sun = 3,03 cm (1/10 de shaku)
920 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
909 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1523 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1348 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1045 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
34 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1894 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2070 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
367 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
499 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3652 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2541 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
45 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7411 Morohashi
2935 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372 New Nelson (John Haig)
45 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
45 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
828 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
0a3.17 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-3 SKIP code
4030.0 Four corner code
1-32-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bf8 Unicode hex code

前

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 并 刈 月
in front, before
Kun:
まえ、 -まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code