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破壊

はかい

breaking, destruction

Mnemonic

Stone through skin, and then the ground itself goes back to being ground. Ha は, Kai かい, and the same 壊 whose ware gave up in 壊れる. It is happening to the countryside: はかい.

Built from

break, tear
石 stone + 皮 skin
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

to break, to fall apart to break, to destroy, to smash

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