漢字道KANJIDO

破 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「石」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「石」
On
ハ
Kun
やぶ(る)・やぶ(れる)
Meaning
to break; tear; destroy

Origin

ORIGIN

石 "stone" plus 皮 "to strip off"; stone splitting and flaking away — hence "to break, tear."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ハ破壊・破産・撃破・破棄
やぶる破る・型破り
やぶれる破れる・破れ

Compare: 敗れる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 破損はそん

    damage; breakage

  • 突破とっぱ

    breakthrough

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

紙が風で破れた。

The paper tore in the wind.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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