破 : Rend

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Components:

石皮

rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate

On 'yomi:

ハ(ha)

Kun 'yomi:

やぶ.る(yabu.ru) やぶ.れる(yabu.reru) わ.れる(wa.reru)

Strokes:	10
Radical:	石 (112)
Usage Rating:	590

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	5

Unicode:	07834
jis208:	39-43

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破 Usage examples

牢破り(ろうやぶり)	jailbreak, gaolbreak
蹴破る(けやぶる)	to kick in or open, to smash through
言い破る(いいやぶる) 言破る(いいやぶる)	to argue down, to confute
スト破り(ストやぶり)	strikebreaker, scab, strikebreaking
戒を破る(かいをやぶる)	to break the Buddhist commandments
囲みを破る(かこみをやぶる)	to break through a siege
紙を破る(かみをやぶる)	to tear (up) paper
記録を破る(きろくをやぶる)	to break the record, to break a record
義を破る(ぎをやぶる)	to break faith with
戸を破る(とをやぶる)	to bust down a door, to break a door open
破戒僧(はかいそう)	depraved monk, sinful priest
破綻を来す(はたんをきたす)	to be ruined, to fail, to go bankrupt
弊衣破帽(へいいはぼう)	shabby clothes and an old hat
破れた夢(やぶれたゆめ)	shattered dream
破砕性(はさいせい)	crushable, breakable, friability
せん断破壊(せんだんはかい) 剪断破壊(せんだんはかい)	shear failure
自然破壊(しぜんはかい)	destruction of nature
破産宣告(はさんせんこく)	adjudication of bankruptcy
破く(やぶく)	to tear, to violate, to defeat, to smash, to destroy
森林破壊(しんりんはかい)	deforestation
脊椎破壊(せきついはかい)	spina bifida
破砕性爆弾(はさいせいばくだん)	daisy cutter bomb
破産会社(はさんかいしゃ)	bankrupt company
爆破予告(ばくはよこく)	bomb warning
破顔大笑(はがんたいしょう)	breaking into a hearty laugh
旧弊打破(きゅうへいだは)	breaking down antiquated notions, abandoning old-time ways, correcting long-standing abuses
現状打破(げんじょうだは)	abandonment of the status quo, destroying the status quo, overthrowing the present situation
詩的破格(してきはかく)	poetic license
破壊工作(はかいこうさく)	subversive activities
破壊分子(はかいぶんし)	subversive, subversive element
非破壊(ひはかい)	non-destructive
破れ鍋に綴じ蓋(われなべにとじぶた) 破鍋に綴蓋(われなべにとじぶた)	there is a suitable spouse for everyone, every Jack has his Jill, a mended lid for a cracked pot
破魔(はま)	exorcism
約束を破る(やくそくをやぶる)	to break a promise, to renege
約束破る(やくそくやぶる)	to break a promise, to renege
発破を掛ける(はっぱをかける) 発破をかける(はっぱをかける)	to start a fire under someone, to motivate someone with rough words
破体(はたい)	in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
カード破産(カードはさん)	personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing
相互確証破壊(そうごかくしょうはかい)	mutual assured destruction
破綻国家(はたんこっか)	failed state
破廉恥漢(はれんちかん)	shameless man, knave
価格破壊(かかくはかい)	sudden, wide-spread drop in prices