崩 – crumble, die, demolish

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#778 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 崩 means crumble, die, demolish, level. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くず.れる、-くず.れ、くず.す (kuzureru, kuzure, kuzusu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	くず.れる	kuzureru
Kun’yomi	-くず.れ	kuzure
Kun’yomi	くず.す	kuzusu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 山 (Kangxi radical 46). Components: 月・山.

Words using 崩

崩すくずすto destroy崩れるくずれるto collapse雪崩なだれavalanche崩壊ほうかいcollapse

Example sentences

本の山は今にも崩れそうに見える。

Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.

Tatoeba #195869

そのバス停で人々は整列して待っていたが、バスが止まるとすぐにその列は崩れた。

At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.

Tatoeba #212728

雪崩で道路がふさがった。

The road was blocked by an avalanche.

Tatoeba #141957

Kanji with the same radical

山島岸岩岳峡峰嵐峠崇岬崖

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