| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棄権 【キケン】 abstention (from voting), renunciation (of a right), withdrawal (from a contest)
- 棄却 【キキャク】 rejection, dismissal, turning down, abandoning, renunciation
- 投棄 【トウキ】 abandonment, giving up, throwing away, disposal, dumping
- 遺棄 【イキ】 abandonment, desertion
Kun reading compounds
- 捨てる 【すてる】 to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- tirar
- descartar
- abandonar
- arrojar
- desechar
Portuguese
- desembaraço
- gastar
- descartar
- pedir demissão
- rejeitar
- sacrifício
French
- abandonner
- jeter
- se débarrasser
- renoncer
- rejeter
- sacrifier
| 1131 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 326 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1178 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1437 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2202 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 962 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 993 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1653 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1065 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2651 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1353 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1835 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 765 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14913X | Morohashi |
| 2137 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2787 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 758 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 820 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1634 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j11.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 0090.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68c4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 罪 【ザイ】 crime
- 罪悪 【ザイアク】 crime, sin, vice
- 同罪 【ドウザイ】 same crime, being equally guilty, bearing the same amount of responsibility
- 功罪 【コウザイ】 merits and demerits, good points and bad points, strengths and weaknesses
Kun reading compounds
- 罪 【つみ】 crime, sin, wrongdoing, indiscretion, penalty, sentence, punishment, fault, responsibility, culpability, thoughtlessness, lack of consideration
- 罪滅ぼし 【つみほろぼし】 atonement (for one's sins), expiation, making amends, making up for (a misdeed)
- 無実の罪 【むじつのつみ】 false charge
- 重い罪 【おもいつみ】 serious crime, grave crime
Readings
- Korean:
- joe
Spanish
- culpabilidad
- pecado
- delito
- crimen
- defecto
- culpa
Portuguese
- culpa
- pecado
- crime
- falta
- ofensa
French
- culpabilité
- péché
- crime
- faute
- responsabilité
- délit
| 794 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 713 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 686 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 928 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3643 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 748 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 830 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2006 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 885 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 906 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1047 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1464 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1673 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2264 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1651 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28293 | Morohashi |
| 2610 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4644 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1636 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1764 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 775 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3654 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5g8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-8 | SKIP code |
| 6011.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7f6a | Unicode hex code |