Japanese symbol for “wrecking”
毀壊
きかい
Romaji: kikai
breaking; demolishing; smashing; destroying
In Japanese, wrecking is 毀壊, read きかい (kikai).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs breaking; demolishing; smashing; destroying; wrecking
- n, vs being broken; being ruined; being destroyed; being worn out
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毀損 | きそん kison | damage; injury; defamation |
| 廃仏毀釈 | はいぶつきしゃく haibutsukishaku | abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era) |
| 毀誉 | きよ kiyo | praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation |
| 毀棄 | きき kiki | destruction; demolition; damage |
| 毀誉褒貶 | きよほうへん kiyohouhen | praise and censure; public criticisms |
| 毀傷 | きしょう kishou | injury; damage |
| 破壊 | はかい hakai | destruction; disruption |
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | collapse; crumbling; breaking down |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.