破 — rend, rip, tear

やぶる破 rend

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+7834 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #590 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #869 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

rend
rip
tear
break
destroy
defeat
frustrate

word

やぶ yabu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

破(やぶ) る yaburu to tear 破(やぶ) れる yabureru to be torn

は・ぱ ha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

破(は) 産(さん) hasan bankruptcy 破(は) 損(そん) hason damage 破(は) 壊(かい) hakai destruction 突(とっ) 破(ぱ) toppa breakthrough 破(は) 綻(たん) hatan collapse 爆(ばく) 破(は) bakuha bombing 破(は) 棄(き) haki annulment 破(は) 滅(めつ) hametsu ruin

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

いし石 stone #112

かわ皮 pelt #107

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#112 石 stone

破 — rend, rip, tear

Meanings

word

やぶ yabu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

は・ぱ ha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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破 — rend, rip, tear

Meanings

word

やぶ yabu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

は ・ぱ ha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

は・ぱ ha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).