Moto 毀: Break; Destroy; CensureKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キ
- Kun'yomi
- こぼ(つ)、こわ(す)、こぼ(れる)、こわ(れる)、そし(る)、やぶ(る)
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 26 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キ)
- 毀損きそんdamage; injury
- 名誉毀損めいよきそんlibel; defamation
- 廃仏毀釈はいぶつきしゃくabolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
- 毀傷きしょうinjury; damage
- 毀壊きかいbreaking; demolishing
- 毀棄ききdestruction; demolition
- 毀誉きよpraise and censure; approval and disapproval
- 毀誉褒貶きよほうへんpraise and censure; public criticisms
- 焼毀しょうきcompletely destroying by fire
- 破毀はきtearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry)
- 誹毀ひきdefamation; libel
- 非毀ひきdefamation; libel
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 刃毀れはこぼれnick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
- 取り毀しとりこわしdemolition; pulling down
- 取り毀すとりこわすto demolish; to tear down
- 取毀しとりこわしdemolition; pulling down
- 取毀すとりこわすto demolish; to tear down
- 打ち毀すぶちこわすto destroy; to crush
- 打っ毀すぶっこわすto destroy; to crush
- 毀すこわすto break; to destroy
- 毀つこぼつto destroy; to break
- 毀れこぼれnick; chip
- 毀れるこわれるto be broken; to break
Other readings
- 哀毀骨立あいきこくりつlosing weight and becoming bony because of grief
- 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なりしんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなりfilial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
- 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなりしんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなりfilial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
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