Meanings
Rend, Rip, Tear, Break, Destroy, Defeat, Frustrate
Radicals
Decomposition
⿰石皮
Etymology
Pictophonetic: rock
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Words Using This Kanji
224 words totalSaiha
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
ballistic-missile shoot-down order
record-breaking
opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached)
guillotine break (coolant loss in a nuclear power plant)
damage to property
near bankruptcy
bottle breakage
self-destruction
tear
myocardial rupture
heart-breaking (esp. in physical activity such as running)
ninja
spy (working under a samurai in the Warring States period)
personal bankruptcy
to break up and start anew
bargeboard
uterine rupture
to bite and tear