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破
Meanings
Rend, Rip, Tear, Break, Destroy, Defeat, Frustrate
Radicals
石
皮
Decomposition
⿰石皮
Etymology
Pictophonetic: rock
Writing Practice
Stroke
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Stroke Order
1
horizontal
left-to-right
2
diagonal
top-to-bottom
3
vertical
bottom-to-top
4
corner
bottom-to-top
5
horizontal
bottom-to-top
6
diagonal
top-right-to-bottom-left
7
corner
right-to-left
8
vertical
right-to-left
9
corner
bottom-right-to-top-left
10
diagonal
bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi
(Chinese reading)
ハ
ha
Kun'yomi
(Japanese reading)
わ
wa
やぶ
yabu
Words Using This Kanji
224 words total
Other
(224 words)
破
は
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
破る
やぶる
to tear
破く
やぶく
to tear
破れ
やぶれ
tear
破れる
やぶれる
to get torn
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