Kanji

毀

break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

殳部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

こぼつ, こわす, こぼれる, こわれる, そしる, やぶる

Example sentences

毀損 きそん
彼は名誉毀損で訴えられた

He was sued for defamation.

毀誉褒貶 きよほうへん
毀誉褒貶の激しい政治家だが、その行動力は誰もが認めている。

He is a politician with a fluctuating reputation, but everyone acknowledges his ability to take action.

廃仏毀釈 はいぶつきしゃく
明治初期の廃仏毀釈によって、多くの貴重な仏像が失われた

Due to the anti-Buddhist movement in the early Meiji era, many precious Buddhist statues were lost.

毀棄 きき
文書を毀棄した。

The document was destroyed.

Example Vocabulary

名誉毀損

めいよきそん

刃毀れ

はこぼれ

毀れる

こわれる

毀損

きそん

damage; injury; defamation

毀誉褒貶

きよほうへん

praise and censure; public reputation; various opinions

毀す

こわす

廃仏毀釈

はいぶつきしゃく

anti-Buddhist movement (esp. early Meiji)

毀つ

こぼつ

毀棄

きき

destruction; damage and abandonment; (law) destruction of property

毀れ

こぼれ

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