Kanji 砕: "smash, break, crush"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 砕

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 砕くだけるto break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed · to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm)
• 砕くだくto break (into pieces); to smash; to crush; to shatter · to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to frustrate
• 粉ふん砕さいpulverization; pulverisation · reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing; demolishing
• 砕くだけ散ちるto be smashed up
• 打うち砕くだくto smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to crush · to simplify; to make easy to understand
• 粉こな々ごなに砕くだくto smash to pieces
• 噛かみ砕くだくto crunch; to masticate · to simplify; to explain plainly
• 破は砕さいcrushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
• 玉ぎょく砕さいhonorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat · trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
• 心こころを砕くだくto take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains · to be concerned; to worry
• 爆ばく砕さいblasting
• 腰こしが砕くだけるto collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way

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