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Japanese symbol for “cracking”

Romaji: hasai
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

In Japanese, cracking is , read (hasai).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

rend, rip, tear
on: ハ
kun: やぶ.る、やぶ.れる、わ.れる
10 strokes · JLPT 2
smash, break, crush
on: サイ
kun: くだ.く、くだ.ける
9 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “cracking”

WordReadingMeaning
クラッキング kurakkingucracking
メリメリ merimericracking; splitting; ripping
ぶんかいじょうりゅうほう bunkaijouryuuhoucracking
ぶんかいじょうりゅう bunkaijouryuucracking (in petroleum refining)
パチパチ pachipachicrackling; cracking; snapping

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はかい hakaidestruction; disruption
とっぱ toppabreaking through; breakthrough; penetration
はさん hasanbankruptcy; insolvency
やぶる yaburuto tear; to rip; to break
はそん hasondamage; breakage
はへん hahenfragment; broken piece; splinter
ふんさい funsaipulverization; pulverisation
ぎょくさい gyokusaihonorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat

See also: Chinese symbol for “cracking”.

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.

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