崩 means “crumble, collapse”

くずれる · kuzureru

Also: die, demolish, level

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くずれる, くずす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

A mountain (山) over two moons side by side (朋): picture a slope sliding apart into pieces. 崩れる is to crumble, 雪崩 is an avalanche, 崩壊 is a collapse, and 崩す is also breaking a bill into change.

Used in 崩れる (kuzureru, to crumble), 雪崩 (nadare, avalanche), and 崩壊 (houkai, collapse)

More from Crumble & Ruin

• 削 shave
• 裂 tear
• 陥 fall into
• 滅 perish
• 腐 rot
• 砕 smash
• 朽 decay
• 毀 damage
• 潰 crush
• 綻 come apart
• 壊 break

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.