Japanese symbol for “disintegration”
自壊
じかい
Romaji: jikai
disintegration
In Japanese, disintegration is 自壊, read じかい (jikai).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs disintegration
- n, vi, vs self-destruction
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “disintegration”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | (radioactive) decay; disintegration |
| 分解 | ぶんかい bunkai | decomposition; resolution; disintegration |
| 壊変 | かいへん kaihen | (radioactive) decay; disintegration |
| 自壊作用 | じかいさよう jikaisayou | (the act of) disintegration |
| 崩解 | ほうかい houkai | disintegration; degradation; decay |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自分 | じぶん jibun | myself; yourself; oneself |
| 自身 | じしん jishin | (one's) self; oneself; yourself |
| 自由 | じゆう jiyuu | freedom; liberty |
| 自然 | しぜん shizen | nature |
| 自己 | じこ jiko | self; oneself |
| 自動 | じどう jidou | automatic |
| 破壊 | はかい hakai | destruction; disruption |
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | collapse; crumbling; breaking down |
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