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破

JLPT N3 SL5 10 strokes Frequency: #590

Meanings

Rend, Rip, Tear, Break, Destroy, Defeat, Frustrate

Radicals

石

Decomposition

⿰石皮

Etymology

Pictophonetic: rock

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

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 (20 words)

心破裂しんはれつ

myocardial rupture

引き破るひきやぶる

to tear

突破口を開くとっぱこうをひらく

to make a breakthrough

説破せっぱ

confuting

オクラホマシティ連邦政府ビル爆破事件オクラホマシティれんぽうせいふビルばくはじけん

Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)

八方破れはっぽうやぶれ

full of holes (e.g. argument)

破れ傘やぶれがさ

broken umbrella

爆破事件ばくはじけん

bombing incident

難関突破なんかんとっぱ

overcoming a difficulty

破傷風抗毒素はしょうふうこうどくそ

tetanus antitoxin

破恋はれん

disappointed love

破却はきゃく

complete destruction

水力破砕すいりょくはさい

hydrofracturing

水圧破砕法すいあつはさいほう

hydraulic fracturing

山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難しさんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたし

it's hard to discipline one's mind

山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難しさんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたし

it's hard to discipline one's mind

オゾン層破壊オゾンそうはかい

ozone layer depletion

破折はせつ

fracture (of tooth)

破鏡再び照らさずはきょうふたたびてらさず

a broken relationship can never be repaired

入破音にゅうはおん

implosive consonant

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