Word Meaning 毀つ
こぼつ
kobotsu
毀つ is read as こぼつ (kobotsu) and means to destroy.
Meaning
English
- to destroy
- to break
- to damage
Reading
Kana
こぼつ
Romaji
kobotsu
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 14 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
廃仏毀釈
はいぶつきしゃく
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)