Onyomi: ハ · Kunyomi: やぶ.る, やぶ.れる, わ.れる · Meanings: break, defeat, destroy, frustrate, rend, rip, tear
Kanji for break, defeat, destroy, frustrate, rend
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破 is made from 石, meaning “stone,” and 皮, meaning “skin” or “outer layer.” Imagine a hard stone smashing into something and tearing through its outer skin. When a stone breaks through a surface, it causes damage and destruction. From this idea, 破 came to mean breaking, ripping, or destroying something by force.
破 shows a stone breaking through an outer layer, tearing it apart.
Picture a heavy stone smashing through the skin of an object. The moment it breaks open is 破.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 破 | は | middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh) | Noun |
| 馬鹿 | ばか | idiot, moron, fool | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 破壊 | はかい | destruction, disruption | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 割れる | われる | to break, to be smashed | common JLPT-N4 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 破る | やぶる | to tear, to rip, to break, to destroy | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 破産 | はさん | bankruptcy, insolvency | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 割る | わる | to divide | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 破片 | はへん | fragment, broken piece, splinter, chip, shard | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 破裂 | はれつ | bursting, rupture, explosion | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 破棄 | はき | tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents), destruction | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |