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common

カイ/KAI/    エ/E/    こわ.す/kowa.su/    こわ.れる/kowa.reru/    やぶ.る/yabu.ru/KAI/カイ/    E/エ/    kowa.su/こわ.す/    kowa.reru/こわ.れる/    yabu.ru/やぶ.る/

demolition;  break;  destroy

Radical: 土 (earth).   Strokes: 16画.   Elements: 衣十土罒.   Variants: 壞.   Pinyin: huài / pī.   Hangul: 쾨 [koe].

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
カイKAI破壊的【はかいてきhakaiteki】destructive; devastating
自壊【じかいjikai】disintegration; self-destruction
決壊【けっかいkekkai】break (rip) down
エE壊死【えしeshi】necrosis
壊疽【えそeso】gangrene
金剛不壊【こんごうふえkongōfue】firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
こわすkowasu取り壊す【とりこわすtorikowasu】to demolish; to tear or pull down
壊す【こわすkowasu】to break; to wreck; to break (a bill, etc.)
ブチ壊す【ブチこわすbuchikowasu】to destroy; to spoil; to crush; to break by striking; to wreck
こわれるkowareru壊れる【こわれるkowareru】to be broken; to fall through
Codepoints and classification codes:
58ca–Unicode
18-85–JIS X 0208
1-3-13–SKIP
3b13.3–TKD
4413.2–Four Corner
1465–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1147–Classic Nelson
1102–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
756–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
524–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
400–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1266–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
2602–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
1578–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
5541P–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 3 p. 269
1066–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1407–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1171–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1822–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1038–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
390–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
407–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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