Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #778

crumble, die, demolish, level

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mountain yama

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

collapse; crumbling
avalanche; snowslide
collapse; break

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to collapse; to crumble
crumbling; collapse
price collapse
to demolish; to tear down
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain)
to destroy; to demolish
to crumble down; to tumble down
rout; collapse
to crumble away; to collapse
to break down crying

Example sentences

The tower fell into ruin.

During the Depression in the 1930's, many wealthy people lost everything in the stock market crash.

She fell in a heap to the floor.

The wall gave way in the earthquake.