毀 = 土 + 殳 + 臼

毀 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “break”. It is built from 土 (soil), 殳 (weapon) and 臼 (mortar). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1532.

Keyword: break
RTK frame: 1532
Strokes: 13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): キ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): こぼ.つ, こわ.す, こぼ.れる, こわ.れる, そし.る, やぶ.る
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: разрыв
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 毀 destroy

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 毀 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “weapon” + “mortar”. 毀 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 毀 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.