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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

778 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: crumble, die, demolish, level

Kunyomi: くず.れる, -くず.れ, くず.す

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition: 山 朋

崩

Radical

Radical: 山

Meaning: mountain

Reading: やま

Frequency: 636

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)(alt radical position kanmuri)

山

Examples

Onyomi Examples

崩落 (ホウラク) collapse, break, cave-in, crash, market decline, market crash

崩壊 (ホウカイ) collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in, (radioactive) decay, disintegration

壊崩 (カイホウ) collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in

Kunyomi Examples

崩れる (くずれる) to collapse, to crumble, to get out of shape, to lose one's shape, to become disorganized, to become untidy, to break down, to be thrown into disarray, to crash (stock market), to slump, to decline, to break money into small change, to turn bad (e.g. weather), to change for the worse, to deteriorate

崩す (くずす) to destroy, to demolish, to pull down, to tear down, to level, to disturb, to put into disorder, to throw off balance, to make shaky, to relax (one's pose), to make oneself at ease, to break (a bill), to change, to make change, to write in cursive style, to write in running style, to break into a smile, to let off a smile, to lower (a price)

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