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砕

smash
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. smashRtK
    彼の希望は無残に砕かれた。His hopes were shattered.tatoeba
    波は岩に勢いよく当たって砕けた。The waves dashed against the rocks.tatoeba
  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

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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
圧砕あっさい
crushing
撃砕げきさい
pulverising
砕けくだけ
breaking (into pieces)
あっ砕あっさい
crushing
圧砕機あっさいき
grinder
噛砕くかみくだく
to crunch
砕氷船さいひょうせん
icebreaker (ship)
かみ砕くかみくだく
to crunch
噛み砕くかみくだく
to crunch
紛骨砕身ふんこつさいしん
making one's best exertions
舂き砕くつきくだく
to grind up

Additional Examples

当たって砕けろ。
Go for broke!tatoeba
「当たって砕けよ」が俺の持ち味だからね。
My strong point is my philosophy - nothing ventured nothing gained.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 砕

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step