Entry
  1. Noun

    destruction; demolition; smashing apart; tearing down

    see ぶち壊し

  2. uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice

    Historical term

Also written 打ちこわし【うちこわし】打毀し【うちこわし】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

Kun
う.つう.ち-ぶ.つ
On
ダース
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
239 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

うち

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3c2.3The Kanji Dictionary
5102.0Four corner code
1353deroo
6253Unicode hex code
1-34-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1829Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2063New Nelson (John Haig)
193New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
224Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
142Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
170Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
653Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
705Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
180A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
136Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
682Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11781Morohashi
335A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1020Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1059Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
460sakade
554Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
355henshall3
256Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
435crowley
771Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
854Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
660Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
da3Pinyin reading
ta, jeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

demolition, break, destroy

Kun
こわ.すこわ.れるやぶ.る
On
カイ
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
727 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-13SKIP code
3b13.3The Kanji Dictionary
4413.2Four corner code
1465deroo
58caUnicode hex code
1-18-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1147Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1102New Nelson (John Haig)
756New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
934Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
524Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
684Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
400Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
427Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1266A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2602Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1578Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5541PMorohashi
1066A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1407Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1496Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1171Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1822Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1038Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
390Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
407Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huai4, pi1Pinyin reading
koeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level