Japanese symbol for “breakable”

破砕性

はさいせい

Romaji: hasaisei

crushable; breakable; friability

In Japanese, breakable is 破砕性, read はさいせい (hasaisei).

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Meanings

n crushable; breakable; friability

Kanji and stroke order

破

rend, rip, tear

on: ハ
kun: やぶ.る、やぶ.れる、わ.れる

10 strokes · JLPT 2

砕

smash, break, crush

on: サイ
kun: くだ.く、くだ.ける

9 strokes · JLPT 1

性

sex, gender, nature

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: さが

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
破壊	はかい hakai	destruction; disruption
突破	とっぱ toppa	breaking through; breakthrough; penetration
破産	はさん hasan	bankruptcy; insolvency
破る	やぶる yaburu	to tear; to rip; to break
破損	はそん hason	damage; breakage
破片	はへん hahen	fragment; broken piece; splinter
粉砕	ふんさい funsai	pulverization; pulverisation
玉砕	ぎょくさい gyokusai	honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat
女性	じょせい josei	woman; female

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.