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毀 means 'destroy'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2790   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-49    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 24 words   Used in 1 name   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   キ
Additional readings
Kun    こわす to destroy   こぼつ   こぼれる   こわれる   そしる   やぶる
Variants
毁 (Chinese)  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 毀 - click the badge to download
Learn about a long-term movement that nearly eradicated Buddhism in Japan, destroying many thousands of temples. See what "praise and criticism cancel each other out” means. Discover how to say, "The best thing is to destroy them," "They called off their engagement," "That destroyed all his dreams," "The old building was demolished," and "The actress sued the magazine for libel."
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Components
⿰  ⿱  臼 mortar  土 ground; earth  殳 lance shaft  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 毀 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 毀 is used 22 times, read 3 ways.
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キ : 12 words FIND ALL
き そ ん 0
damage; injury; defamation; waste
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こわす : 6 words FIND ALL
こ わ す 2
Most common form: 壊す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to break; to destroy; to demolish
2. to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
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こぼつ : 4 words FIND ALL
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
to destroy; to break; to damage
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 1954  Key to Kanji: - 

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毀
キ   destroy
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臼
キュウ   うす a mortar   
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彐
yo = to yell / say hi
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
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