Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
decay, rot, remain in seclusion
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1891 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 朽壊 【キュウカイ】 rotting and crumbling
  • 朽廃 【キュウハイ】 decay, dilapidation
  • 若朽 【ジャッキュウ】 being young yet unambitious, being young but lacking spirit
  • 腐朽 【フキュウ】 decay, deterioration, rot

Kun reading compounds

  • 朽ちる 【くちる】 to rot, to decay, to die in obscurity, to be forgotten with time

Readings

Japanese names:
くつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu3
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • descomposición
  • putrefacción
  • decadencia
  • descomponerse
  • corromperse
  • pudrirse
  • arruinarse

Portuguese

  • decair
  • apodrecer
  • permanecer recluso

French

  • délabré
  • pourri
  • rester reclus
1150 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1827 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2175 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1683 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1417 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1628 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1738 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1787 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1069 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1015 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
727 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1251 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14439 Morohashi
821 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2545 New Nelson (John Haig)
1243 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1331 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1080 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1852 2001 Kanji
4a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1-4-3 SKIP code
4192.7 Four corner code
1-21-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
673d Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
demolition, break, destroy
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