Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

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

カイホウ collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in

Kunyomi Examples

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

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)