Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

    クリントン陣営は、両州でオバマが取った白人票を取り崩そうと必死になった。
    The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.
  2. to draw on (one's savings, etc.) little by little; to break into (a reserve fund, etc.); to eat into

Also written 取崩す【とりくずす】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

take, fetch, take up

Kun
と.ると.りと.り-とり-ど.り
On
シュ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
122 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

どる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-2SKIP code
6e2.2The Kanji Dictionary
1714.0Four corner code
3267deroo
53d6Unicode hex code
1-28-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3699Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
679New Nelson (John Haig)
1262New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
847Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1162Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
819Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
882Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
190A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
650Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
108Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3158Morohashi
301A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
65Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
238sakade
393Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
317henshall3
303Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
194crowley
270Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
269Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
827Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu3Pinyin reading
chwiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crumble, die, demolish, level

Kun
くず.れる-くず.れくず.す
On
ホウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
778 of 2500
Radical
mountain
WaniKani
Level 37

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3o8.7The Kanji Dictionary
2222.7Four corner code
1246deroo
5d29Unicode hex code
1-42-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1430Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1491New Nelson (John Haig)
2296New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2863Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1478Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1989Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
774Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
836Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1700A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1490Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8212PMorohashi
1801A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1122Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1174Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1244Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1426Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1663Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
547Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
781Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
beng1Pinyin reading
bungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
37WaniKani level