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破

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Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingハ
Kun readingやぶ.る、やぶ.れる、わ.れる
JōyōGrade 5
  1. to tear
  2. to rip
  3. to break
  4. to destroy
  5. to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.)

Radicals and components

Radical石stoneComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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stone (石) · rock (石) · pelt · branch · ten (十) · needle (丨) · crotch · hook (亅)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 869

Compound words

喝破かっぱ
arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
打破だは
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
突破とっぱ
breaking through; breakthrough; penetration; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming
破るやぶる
to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.)
破壊はかい
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
破格はかく
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; special; abnormal
破棄はき
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
破局はきょく
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
破産はさん
bankruptcy; insolvency
破損はそん
damage; breakage
破綻はたん
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
破片はへん
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
破滅はめつ
ruin; destruction; fall
破裂はれつ
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
爆破ばくは
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
大破たいは
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked; thrashing (an opponent); crushing
破れるやぶれる
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out
見破るみやぶる
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
破魔矢はまや
(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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