崩
崩 — Crumble
crumble, die, demolish, level
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiくずれる (kuzureru)
Kun’yomi-くずれ (kuzure)
Kun’yomiくずす (kuzusu)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 崩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | collapse; crumbling; breaking down |
| 崩れる | くずれる kuzureru | to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape |
| 崩れ | くずれ kuzure | crumbling; collapse; ruin |
| 雪崩 | なだれ nadare | avalanche; snowslide; avalanche |
| 崩す | くずす kuzusu | to destroy; to demolish; to pull down |
| 崩落 | ほうらく houraku | collapse; break; cave-in |
Study notes
崩 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #778 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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