毀 — kanji meaning “break”
毀
break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
- Meanings
- break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
- On'yomi
- キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi
- こぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 79
- Chinese reading
- huǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 毀
| 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 |
| 名誉毀損 | めいよきそん meiyokison | libel; defamation; slander |
| 毀つ | こぼつ kobotsu | to destroy; to break; to damage |
| 誹毀 | ひき hiki | defamation; libel; calumny |
| 毀れる | こぼれる koboreru | to be chipped; to be nicked |
| 毀れ | こぼれ kobore | nick; chip; scratch |
| 焼毀 | しょうき shouki | completely destroying by fire |
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