Keyword
break
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig427
Old form壞
Readings
かい
(57%)
こわ
(42%)
Composed of
earth
ten
small net
garment
Used in vocabulary (163 in total)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
Examples (200 in total)
It would probably be difficult to simply destroy it.
Won't it break if you make it any thinner?
Sure enough, it's broken.