破 – rend, rip, tear

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#590 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 破 means rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハ (ha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is やぶ.る、やぶ.れる、わ.れる (yaburu, yabureru, wareru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 石 (no. 112).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハ	ha
Kun’yomi	やぶ.る	yaburu
Kun’yomi	やぶ.れる	yabureru
Kun’yomi	わ.れる	wareru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 石 (Kangxi radical 112). Components: 口・石・皮・又.

Words using 破

破るやぶるto tear破産はさんbankruptcy破れるやぶれるto get torn破片はへんfragment破くやぶくto tear突破とっぱbreaking through破壊はかいdestruction破棄はきtearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)爆破ばくはdestructive blast破損はそんdamage破裂はれつbursting

Example sentences

だれがこの封筒を破って開けたのか。

Who has torn the envelope open?

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約束を破らないでよ。

Don't go back on your promise.

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かけごとのために彼は破産した。

Gambling brought about his ruin.

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Kanji with the same radical

確研石硬砂礎砲砕磨碁磁碑碗

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