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破

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • rend
  • rip
  • tear
  • break
  • destroy
  • defeat
  • frustrate

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ハ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • やぶ.る
  • やぶ.れる
  • わ.れる
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#566
School Grade
Grade 5
Radical
石#112 · stone

Components

Common Words

  • 破るやぶるGodanto tear, to rip, to break, to destroy
  • 破壊はかいNoundestruction, disruption
  • 破格はかくno-Adj.extraordinary, exceptional, unprecedented, special, abnormal, irregular
  • 破棄はきNountearing up and discarding (e.g. documents), destruction
  • 破局はきょくNouncatastrophe, cataclysm
  • 破産はさんNounbankruptcy, insolvency
  • 破損はそんNoundamage, breakage
  • 破綻はたんNounfailure, collapse, breakdown, break-up, bankruptcy

Practice in Kanjiru

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