破 — kanji meaning “rend”
破
rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
- Meanings
- rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
- On'yomi
- ハ (ha)
- Kun'yomi
- やぶ.る、やぶ.れる、わ.れる
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #590 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 112
- Chinese reading
- pò — Chinese character page
Words with 破
| 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 |
| 破棄 | はき haki | tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction |
| 破滅 | はめつ hametsu | ruin; destruction; fall |
| 破綻 | はたん hatan | failure; collapse; breakdown |
| 破裂 | はれつ haretsu | bursting; rupture; explosion |
| 爆破 | ばくは bakuha | destructive blast; blowing up; explosion |
| 打破 | だは daha | breaking down; defeating; abolishing |
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