崩 — crumble, die, demolish

くずす崩 crumble

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+5D29 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #778 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #836 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

crumble
die
demolish
level

word

くず kuzu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

崩(くず) す kuzusu to destroy 崩(くず) れる kuzureru to collapse

ほう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

崩(ほう) 壊(かい) houkai collapse

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

やま山 mountain #46

朋 friends

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#46 山 mountain