Question

毀 こぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る 0 臼: mortar土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 殳 4 (none) break Place your mortar on solid ground before firing missiles from it, otherwise it will break.

Accepted Answer

キ break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined S 13 79 るまた・ほこづくり 会意 Compound Ideographic To "break the soil" is to make a symbolic gesture that indicates the beginning of construction. Like when a politician in a hardhat gets a shovel and lifts a piece of dirt. This particular project is behind schedule, so to speed things up, they blow it up with mortar and an air-to-ground missile.

Kanji	毀
Onyomi	キ
Kunyomi	こぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る
English	break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S
Components	臼: mortar 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	殳
Radical Number	79
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	るまた・ほこづくり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	break
Koohii Story 1	To "break the soil" is to make a symbolic gesture that indicates the beginning of construction. Like when a politician in a hardhat gets a shovel and lifts a piece of dirt. This particular project is behind schedule, so to speed things up, they blow it up with mortar and an air-to-ground missile.
Koohii Story 2	Place your mortar on solid ground before firing missiles from it, otherwise it will break.

Mortar 毀 キ こぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る Break Destroy Censure Chipped

Mortar 毀キこぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る Break Destroy Censure Chipped