Word details

廃墟

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 廃墟.

Dictionary

Entry

廃墟廃虚いきょNounFreq #9149
1

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

Examples
その塔は廃墟の中に立っていた。
The tower stood amid the ruins.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon

12 strokesFrequency 698JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ハイ

Kun

すた.れるすた.る

ruins

15 strokes

On

キョ

Kun

あと

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

11 strokesFrequency 1,454JLPT N1Grade 8

On

キョ

Kun

むな.しいうつ.ろ

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