The kanji 破: meaning, readings and stroke order

破

Meaning: tear, break
On reading: ハ ha
Kun reading: やぶ（る） yaburu、やぶ（れる） yabureru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 石 stone
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: làm rách, phá vỡ (phá)
Japanese: やぶる。こわす。
Korean: 찢다, 깨다 (파)
Chinese: 撕破、打破

Readings, words and example sentences

ハ ha · on reading · less common

破は損そん
damage, breakage
とどいた荷物が 破は損そんしていました。
The package that came was damaged.

やぶ（る） yaburu · kun reading

破やぶる
to tear, to rip
うっかり紙を 破やぶって しまいました。
I tore the paper by accident.

やぶ（れる） yabureru · kun reading

破やぶれる
to get torn
遊んでいて服が 破やぶれました。
My clothes got torn while I was playing.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.