| 1831 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1376 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5393 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1985 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 768 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2596 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1531 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1632 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1731 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1410 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3946 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2033 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2744 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 601 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24449P | Morohashi |
| 3181 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4045 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 594 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 638 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1840 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1608 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 摩耗 【マモウ】 wear, abrasion
- 磨羯宮 【マカツキュウ】 Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign), the Goat
- 琢磨 【タクマ】 polish (jewels), cultivation
- 達磨 【ダルマ】 daruma, tumbling doll, round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted, Bodhidharma, prostitute
Kun reading compounds
- 磨く 【みがく】 to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens), to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
- 擦る 【する】 to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おさむ
- Korean:
- ma
Spanish
- pulido
- abrillantado
- pulir
- abrillantar
- lavarse los dientes
Portuguese
- moer
- polir
- explorar
- melhorar
- escovar (dentes)
French
- polir
- moudre
- récurer
- améliorer
- brosser (dents)
| 577 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q13.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 3-11-5 | SKIP code |
| 0026.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 78e8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1579 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 砕石 【サイセキ】 crushed stone, macadam, crushing (rock)
- 砕岩機 【サイガンキ】 rock crusher
- 破砕 【ハサイ】 crushing (into pieces), smashing, cracking, breaking up
- 玉砕 【ギョクサイ】 honorable death, death without surrender, honorable defeat, trying but being utterly beaten, being completely rejected when professing one's love
Kun reading compounds
- 砕く 【くだく】 to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound, to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate, to simplify, to make easy to understand
- 砕ける 【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), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight), to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable, to become easy to understand (e.g. a story), to be worried
Readings
- Korean:
- swae
Spanish
- destrozar
- romper
- aplastar
- despedazar
Portuguese
- quebrar
- quebrado
- esmagar
- popular
- familiar
French
- fracasser
- casser
- briser
- familier (informel)
- populaire
| 1287 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1695 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3179 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1467 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1568 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1710 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1827 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1550 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1400 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 773 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1048 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 117 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24080P | Morohashi |
| 1134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3990 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 116 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 121 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1287 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 1464.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7815 | Unicode hex code |