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壊れる

こわれる

to break, to fall apart

Mnemonic

Whatever had been standing goes back to a pile of bits and nobody dropped it. The ware われ simply gave up, and the remote stopped working: こわれる.

Worth knowing

壊す こわす is you breaking it. 壊れる is it breaking of its own accord.

Built from

break, destroy
土 earth on the left, and whatever had been standing on it going back to being nothing but earth.

Words sharing these kanji

breaking, destruction to break, to destroy, to smash

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