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砕

smash
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Kun readingくだ.く、くだ.ける
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. smashRtK
  2. break
  3. crush
  4. familiar
  5. popular
  1. to break (into pieces)
  2. to smash
  3. to crush
  4. to shatter
  5. to grind (into powder)

Popular Usage

砕く砕ける

Radicals and components

Radical石stoneComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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stone (石) · rock (石) · ninety · nine (九) · baseball · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 121

Compound words

砕くくだく
to break (into pieces); to smash; to crush; to shatter; to grind (into powder)
砕けるくだける
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed; to collapse; to crumble
玉砕ぎょくさい
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
砕石さいせき
crushed stone; macadam; crushing (rock)
粉砕ふんさい
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
火砕流かさいりゅう
pyroclastic flow

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

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