Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1466

crash, fall (down)

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

fall; crash (of an aircraft)
shooting down (an aircraft)
abasement; fall
falling to one's death
plane crash
decline in public favor; fall in popularity
crash site (esp. aircraft)
death by falling

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

a great man dies; a great star falls

Example sentences

His airplane crashed in the mountains.

Investigators are running a probe into what caused the crash.

The police are investigating the cause of the crash around the clock.

According to TV news, there was a plane crash in India.