Kanji

砕

砕

smash, break, crush, familiar, popular

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

石部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

サイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

くだく, くだける

Common Readings

サイ, くだ…く, くだ…ける

Example sentences

砕く くだく
難解な理論を、一般の人にもわかるように砕いて説明した。

I explained the difficult theory simply so that even regular people could understand it.

鴻門玉斗 こうもんのぎょくと
范増は悔しさのあまり、鴻門玉斗を剣で砕いた。

In his extreme frustration, Fan Zeng smashed the jade dipper of Hongmen with his sword.

砕ける くだける
グラスが落ちて粉々に砕けた。

The glass fell and smashed into pieces.

木っ端微塵 こっぱみじん
古い花瓶は床に落ちて木っ端微塵に砕けた。

The old vase fell to the floor and shattered into tiny pieces.

砕け散る くだけちる
波が岩に当たって砕け散った。

The waves hit the rocks and shattered into spray.

粉砕 ふんさい
強力な攻撃で敵の野望を粉砕した。

We crushed the enemy's ambition with a powerful attack.

打ち砕く うちくだく
彼の野望は、残酷な現実によって打ち砕かれた。

His ambition was shattered by cruel reality.

玉砕 ぎょくさい
告白して玉砕した。

I confessed my love and was spectacularly rejected.

Example Vocabulary

砕く

くだく

to smash; to break; to explain simply

砕ける

くだける

to break; to be smashed; to become informal

砕け散る

くだけちる

to smash to pieces; to be shattered

粉砕

ふんさい

to crush; to smash; to pulverize

打ち砕く

うちくだく

to smash; to shatter; to crush

粉々に砕く

こなごなにくだく

噛み砕く

かみくだく

玉砕

ぎょくさい

honorable death; glorious defeat; spectacular failure

破砕

はさい

心を砕く

こころをくだく

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