| 2460 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1897 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2246 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1592 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 16654 | Morohashi |
| 1791 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3000 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2067 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1532 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 毀損 【キソン】 damage, injury, defamation, harm
- 毀壊 【キカイ】 breaking, demolishing, smashing, destroying, wrecking, being broken, being ruined, being destroyed, being worn out
- 焼毀 【ショウキ】 completely destroying by fire
- 誹毀 【ヒキ】 defamation, libel, calumny, slander
Kun reading compounds
- 毀つ 【こぼつ】 to destroy, to break, to damage
- 壊す 【こわす】 to break, to destroy, to demolish, to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage, to break (a bill, etc.)
- 毀れる 【こぼれる】 to be chipped, to be nicked
- 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:
- hwe
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3b10.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 7714.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-52-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bc0 | Unicode hex code |