Japanese symbol for “destructive”
破壊的
はかいてき
Romaji: hakaiteki
destructive; devastating
In Japanese, destructive is 破壊的, read はかいてき (hakaiteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na destructive; devastating
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “destructive”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破滅的 | はめつてき hametsuteki | destructive; catastrophic; disastrous |
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 |
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | collapse; crumbling; breaking down |
| 壊す | こわす kowasu | to break; to destroy; to demolish |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “destructive”.
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.